Massive alligator drops by unannounced at Viera home: 'Our dogs went nuts'

Alligator drops by unannounced at Florida home

What do you do when there's a loud noise at your door that causes your dogs to start acting crazy? That's just what happened to a woman who lives in Indian River Colony Club in Viera. She went to her front door to check it out, and that's when she discovered a massive alligator that decided to drop by uninvited.

VIERA, Fla. - What do you do when there's a loud noise at your door that causes your dogs to start acting crazy?

That's just what happened to a woman who lives in Indian River Colony Club in Viera. She went to her front door to check it out, and that's when she discovered a massive alligator that decided to drop by uninvited.

Huge alligator shows up at Viera home

A woman heard a loud thump at her front door, and when she went to check it out, she was face to face with a giant alligator. Marie Landwermeyer joins Good Day Orlando to share what happened.

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Marie Landwermeyer said her front door was open, but the storm door was closed – and through the glass, she could see a huge gator just behind the welcome mat.

An alligator showed up to the front door of a Viera woman's home on April 29, 2024. (Photo: Marie Landwermeyer)

"Got to the door, turned on the light and there he was," she told FOX 35.

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She said she put her dogs away immediately.

"He wasn't looking happy," Landwermeyer said about the gator.

An alligator showed up to the front door of a Viera woman's home on April 29, 2024. (Photo: Marie Landwermeyer)

Two deputies with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office came out and stayed with Landwermeyer as they waited on a trapper. The gator wound up making its way to a pond behind their house after about 30 minutes.

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