Crocodile broke into the bathroom

An American woman was horrified to discover a "unwelcome" friend in the bathroom last weekend: a crocodile longer than 2m.

Alexis Dunbar said she shouted when she saw the crocodile in the bathroom at her home in Tampa, Florida state on Saturday afternoon.

Dunbar's boyfriend blocked the bathroom door with a small table to hold the crocodile inside until a staff member from the Florida Preserve Fish and Wildlife Department arrived.

Dunbar believed that the stranger had entered her house through a small, low doorway on the back wall of the house.

Spring is the mating season of crocodiles and wildlife officials have asked people to be cautious, especially for people living around lakes.

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