Alligators.

What would you do if you opened your front door to be greeted by a 12-foot alligator? This strange and frightening encounter actually happened to South Carolina resident Diana Andrews when she took her dog out for a walk around her Hilton Head Island neighborhood at 5:50 a.m., according to The Daily Mail UK. "I was terrified. I was screaming and shaking at the same time, trying to find the phone to call security," said Andrews of the unexpected meeting. While Mrs. Andrews tried to get help, her husband came ...

An alligator found itself between a rock and hard place when it got stuck in a Florida storm drain. According to the Daily Mail U.K., an 8-foot alligator had to be rescued from a storm drain near a elementary school after the large creature got stuck trying to slide through. A concerned citizen driving through Seminole, Fla., spotted the helpless gator peeking out onto the road. The driver called the local sheriff's office to report the animal, and police soon arrived at the scene. Officials found that the alligator had managed to ...

You never know where a game of fetch will take you. According to the Daily Mail U.K., a dog in Missouri returned to his home from an outing with an alligator head in tow. Debbie and Mike VanNoy say that their dog Shelby often brings back "gifts," but this is by far the most exotic. "We'd seen every kind of animal you can think of. I never thought I'd see an alligator. I just couldn't believe it and I thought it had to be plastic or something," Mike VanNoy told WDAF-TV. Figuring the rest of the creature must be resting somewhere, ...

According to Yahoo, a Brooklyn couple has been indicted for housing a 3-foot alligator inside their apartment. In October, a search warrant allowed officials to enter Michael and Alisa Volpe's home. Police discovered that the couple had been keeping the exotic reptile inside a tank in the living room of their basement apartment. The Kings County District Attorney's office also found illegal weapons and drugs in the couple's home. This is not the first time the police have found alligators inside of a New York residence. In 2011, Animal ...

You can change its scenery, but a wild animal's instincts can rarely be completely removed, as one man found of out the hard way. According to The Inquistir, things took a scary turn at an alligator wrestling match at the Cuyahoga County Fair in Ohio when the animal bit a trainer's arm. The trainer, Daniel Beck, was performing his regular wrestling routine with a large alligator when the animal was able to reach around and bite him. The alligator delivered the chomp on the trainer's elbow when Beck was ...