See you later, alligator: 11ft-long beast breaks into Florida home through window

A Florida homeowner was woken by a noise in their kitchen to find an 11-foot-long alligator crashing about.

Clearwater Police Department posted photos of the alligator inside the resident’s kitchen, along with a smashed window that the animal broke through to get in.

Posting the photos to Twitter, the police department said: “See you later, alligator.

"A scaly 11-foot-long gator broke into a Clearwater home overnight through some low windows in their kitchen.”

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Police said: “Clearwater Police officers and a trapper responded to the scene to capture and remove the gator. There were no injuries.”

Alligators are native to only the United Statesand China, with Florida and Louisiana home to a large alligator population in the US.

There are estimated to be over one million alligators living in Florida.