Some Florida residents woke up to an uninvited, scaly guest in their backyard swimming pool: a 7- to 8-foot-long alligator.
Hillsborough County deputies responded to the Lithia home Wednesday morning.
Sheriff's officers posted a picture of the submerged alligator on Twitter, adding that the "apprehension of this trespassing suspect should be interesting."
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trappers arrived a short time later and captured the large reptile.No injuries were reported.