A trapper was called in, and the gator was removed from the porch. It was hauled away and euthanized.
The trapper said the gator might have been targeting the man's dogs.
Man wakes up, finds alligator on front porch
TAMPA, Fla.
"I thought it was a burglar or something. Something was going on. I just wake up and look at the gator and call /*911*/," said Jose Roca.
