Stunned, Don called back to his wife, who initially thought he was “full of it” until he snapped and showed her a picture on his cellphone. It was when he was about 12 inches from a dark mass on the carpet that his brain registered the shape in front of him – that of a 5-foot alligator. Still groggy from sleep, Don ventured out into the hallway with a pistol, where his eyes initially struggled to adjust to the darkness.

Thinking a human intruder might have broken into the home, Jan woke her husband to investigate.

The couple was alerted last Friday night by their dog, Panda, who began growling around 1:30 in the morning. Watch Video: Massive gator sneaks into house through doggy door, scares residentsĪ Louisiana couple recently learned the hard way that doggy doors don’t just work for our furry friends – they can also let in some scaly visitors.ĭon and Jan Schultz of New Iberia explained what led up to the encounter in the caption of a YouTube video posted to Don’s account over the weekend.

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