PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.- Clift McMahon is used to hosting vacationers at his Port Charlotte bed & breakfast. But early Saturday morning, he and wife Joanne, got the surprise of their career.
"All the sudden I heard a thump thump. I was only five foot from the door. I look over to the door and I couldn't believe my eyes, there was an alligator trying to get into the house," Clift McMahon said on Monday.
After shooing away the 5 foot, 6 inch gator... it decided to take a dip in their gardening pond.
"He tore all the lilies out, he tore the plumbing out, he tore the electrical lighting out of it," McMahon said.
The alligator didn't budge-- instead, it snacked on McMahon's prized Koi fish and sunbathed! Ten hours later, a trapper showed up to remove the uninvited guest.
"We don't discriminate, but this is one we discriminated against. He had to go!" McMahon said.
Turns out, the gator wasn't looking to check out. After an hour fight, McMahon and the trapper caught the critter and released him into a more suitable place to call home. A first--and hopefully last-- rowdy reptile making a stay at the McMahon's.
"No guest like this. All our guests have been pretty nice and tolerable. But this guy was just a little on the intimidating side," McMahon said.
Wildlife officials later released the alligator back into the wild, at the Peace River Canoe Trail in Charlotte County.
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