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Family awakens to 9-foot alligator on porch
By Jared Leone, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
April 17, 2017An alligator stood in for the Easter Bunny and surprised a family Sunday morning when the reptile was found on their porch.
The 9-foot alligator ascended a 15-foot staircase, broke a screen and climbed through a doorway, rearranging furniture in its wake.
"I knocked on the door, and sure enough it was a live gator," Steve Polston told WCBD.
A trapper from the Department of Natural Resources came to remove the gator.
The wildlife expert estimated the gator to be 60 years old. He said a fence that was recently installed likely blocked the gator from its usual migratory path to a breeding pond.
A Mount Pleasant family says they thought someone was breaking into their home, until they found this gator on... https://t.co/l4A4edNtVm
— WBTW News 13 (@WBTWNews13) April 17, 2017
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