An unexpected knock at the door during a Florida family’s  Thanksgiving dinner turned out to be a nearly nine-foot alligator.

“He was hissing and swinging his tail around,” Mort Myers homeowner Chhaa Behary told CBS in Miami. “And I looked through the window and sure enough, there’s a gigantic alligator and his tail was just smacking my door. It was intense.”

She added, “I’m like, why my house? Do you smell turkey?”

Florida Fish and Wildlife showed up quickly to remove the gator.