Alligator found in Louisiana home reportedly sneaked in through dog door: 'I jumped back'

A husband and wife were startled last week when they discovered a five-foot alligator inside their new Louisiana home.

Don and Jan Schultz, originally from Arizona, recently moved to New Iberia, Louisiana, and called police to its way into their home through a dog door on the evening of June 23, according to the video. (SEE it at the top of this article.)

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The couple’s footage, which was uploaded to YouTube, shows a trapper capturing the alligator with a catch pole while the reptile stood still inside their home.

Don and Jan Schultz of New Iberia, La., spotted an alligator inside their home June 23, 2023. (Don Schultz/LOCAL NEWS X /TMX)

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Don Schultz wrote that he grabbed his pistol while he checked on the disturbance and "could see a shape on the edge of the rug" after he turned the corner into the hallway.

The couple suspects the animal got into the home through a dog door. (Don Schultz/LOCAL NEWS X /TMX)

"I couldn’t focus very good having just woke up," he said. "But when the full shape registered in my brain, I jumped back. My foot had only been about 12 [inches] away from its head."

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An alligator trapper restrained the alligator in the Schultz family's garage, according to a video recorded by the couple. (Don Schultz/LOCAL NEWS X /TMX)

When captured, the alligator repeatedly attempted to roll out of the trapper’s grasp, but the animal was successfully removed and restrained in the Schultz family’s garage, according to the Schultz’s video.

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