CLEARWATER, FLORIDA — An 11-foot alligator smashed its way through a homeowner's window in Clearwater, Florida.<br /><br />The Tampa Bay Times reported that it was 3:30 a.m when 77-year-old homeowner, Mary Wischhusen was on her way to the bathroom when she heard the crash through her kitchen window.<br /><br />Wischhusen locked eyes with the alligator and said, quote, "all I had was a vision of a huge head...a gigantic head looking at me saying, 'Hey.'"<br /><br />She called the authorities and fled to her bedroom to hide, where she, quote, "went on the computer and played games to settle down.<br /><br />According to Channel 3000, the gator was pulled out of the same window it came through and had caused considerable damage to the homeowner's drywall, a large glass table and several bottles of wine.<br /><br />Wischhusen asked, "I don't know why he wanted my red wine, but he got my red wine, the good stuff.<br /><br />Concerned about the fragility of her wine, she queried, "the next gator might like white wine".<br /><br />Channel 3000 reported that The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commons was forced to put the gator down.
