Warren,
I would imagine that a 'gator on your doorstep would be an eye opener for sure!!!!

Reminds me somewhat of my brother in law up in British Columbia,Canada.

They woke up one morning and looked out on their deck and saw two large brown bear in their hot tub!!!

I asked him "what did you do" and his reply was "nothing".

They waited for a while then the bears went on their way. They had a major clean up and repair job to do on their hot tub.

Wayne