# Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandra... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 22, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-in-the-kitchen-with-sandra/446445 "2008-04-22T20:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-in-the-kitchen-with-sandra/446445/1 "2008-04-22T20:20:24Z")
> [@](#): > > An Oldsmar woman had an interesting, although uninvited guest in her home Monday night. > > Sandra Frosti heard a noise coming from the kitchen of her home on Evelyn Court in the Eastlake-Woodlands area. > > “I heard a noise from the kitchen and it was much too loud to be my cat,” Frosti said. “So I went to check it out.” > > When she went to investigate, she found an 8-foot alligator - in her kitchen. [Link](http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2008/4/22/341817.html?title='There's+an+alligator+in+my+kitchen') with photos and video. Hehe. I used to live in that neighborhood. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-in-the-kitchen-with-sandra/446445/2 "2008-04-22T20:35:32Z")
I was going to post about that but you beat me to it. Yep, one of the exciting aspects of living in Florida. Spring has sprung and all the alligators are horny and hungry and anything could happen. BTW, the cat was fine. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-in-the-kitchen-with-sandra/446445/3 "2008-04-22T20:47:58Z")
What? Nothing is too loud to be a cat. Nuclear explosions are not too loud to be a cat, or at least not my cat. I’ve lived in Florida, but beach Florida rather than swamp Florida, so we were low on alligators but high on snakes. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-in-the-kitchen-with-sandra/446445/4 "2008-04-22T21:23:02Z")
Are they too dangerous to set free, once they’ve made their way into someone’s house? It said they were killing it, due to its size. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-in-the-kitchen-with-sandra/446445/5 "2008-04-23T02:59:48Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] Are they too dangerous to set free, once they’ve made their way into someone’s house? [/QUOTE] The danger comes when they’ve got into the peanut butter - one taste of that and no kitchen is safe. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-in-the-kitchen-with-sandra/446445/6 "2008-04-23T03:19:40Z")
That us one ugly website. The alligator is quite attractive in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-in-the-kitchen-with-sandra/446445/7 "2008-04-23T04:46:43Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] [Link](http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2008/4/22/341817.html?title='There's+an+alligator+in+my+kitchen') with photos and video. Hehe. I used to live in that neighborhood. [/QUOTE] Just saw this on the regular newscast. We lived about 100 yards from where they caught that gator. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-in-the-kitchen-with-sandra/446445/8 "2008-04-23T05:27:08Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] Are they too dangerous to set free, once they’ve made their way into someone’s house? It said they were killing it, due to its size. [/QUOTE] Nuisance gators are not relocated. According to the [FWC website](http://myfwc.com/GATORS/nuisance.htm) > [@](#): > > Generally, alligators may be considered a nuisance when they are at least four feet in length and pose a threat to people or their pets or property. So those smaller than 4 feet in length will be relocated, but larger ones that have shown that they have no fear of humans will be killed and turned into meat and maybe even handbags, shoes and belts. They are no longer endangered so that don’t try to save them all anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-in-the-kitchen-with-sandra/446445/9 "2008-04-23T05:30:57Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] So those smaller than 4 feet in length will be relocated, but larger ones that have shown that they have no fear of humans will be killed and turned into meat and maybe even handbags, shoes and belts. They are no longer endangered so that don’t try to save them all anymore. [/QUOTE] Awww, that is a bit sad. I do like handbags, though. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someones-in-the-kitchen-with-sandra/446445/10 "2008-04-23T06:21:09Z")
My parents lived in the Mainlands; one of their neighbors installed a pet door so their poodle could go in and out at will. They didn’t count on a four to five foot alligator entering their house through the pet door but one did just that.