Huge alligator shows up outside woman's back door

At around 11pm on Sunday night, Shatrina Greenwood and her 11-year-old daughter returned to their home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina after an arts and crafts fair.

Tue, 10 May, 2016 - 01:00

Ciara Flaherty

And that’s when she heard a bang.

Shatrina went to investigate and came face to face with an absolutely enormous alligator right outside her backdoor.

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