‘I walked in my bathroom and found Godzilla in my toilet’: Angry IGUANA invades Florida man’s house
‘I walked into my bathroom and found Godzilla in my toilet’: Florida man gets a nasty shock when angry IGUANA invades his toilet bowl
- John Riddle, 58, met an unwelcome guest when he went to the bathroom at his home in Hollywood, Florida
- The angry iguana started hissing at Riddle before fishing him out of the toilet bowl with a net he uses to clean his pool
- Stunned Riddle Described The Furious Iguana As ‘Godzilla’ And Promised Not To Leave The Door Open For His Dogs Anymore
A Florida man received a nasty shock when he gasped for the toilet when he came face to face with an irate iguana.
John Riddle, 58, was about to use the bathroom in his Hollywood home when he noticed it was already occupied – by the giant reptile sitting in the toilet bowl.
The scaly intruder looked as stunned as Riddle when he angrily hissed at him and turned his head to his camera for a menacing shot.
“I walked through my bathroom and found Godzilla in my toilet,” Riddle said.
“He didn’t seem happy at all and started splashing and hissing at me.”
The Godzilla-esque iguana hissed at Riddle before netting him up
The iguana John Riddle, 58, was found loitering in his toilet bowl before angrily hissing at him
Quick thinking John grabbed a net he uses to clean his pool to remove the unwelcome visitor who was visibly furious
Before Riddle could finally do what he came to the bathroom for, he grabbed a net he uses to clean his pool and removed the unwanted visitor.
“I think I won’t leave the door open for the dogs anymore,” he added.
The giant lizards are not native to Florida, and the animals have been blamed for causing damage to buildings and power outages in recent years.
The reptiles are native to Central America and some eastern Caribbean islands and first arrived in Florida in the 1960s.
Since then, their population has steadily increased. Iguanas are known to get into sewers and are strong swimmers, so it’s not uncommon for them to sometimes end up in someone’s toilet.
Wildlife experts warn that iguanas can transmit salmonella to pets and cause erosion near lakes and canals, and when temperatures drop, the National Weather Service in Miami has been known to issue iguana fall warnings.
Iguanas fell paralyzed from trees in Florida as the Sunshine State experienced its coldest weather in more than a decade in January 2022
An iguana lying motionless on the ground during a cold snap in Florida in January 2022
When it gets cold, below 40 degrees, the critters go into a sort of suspended animation mode and fall to the ground. They usually wake up in the warmth of the sun.
Last January, paralyzed bugs fell from trees after the Sunshine State experienced temperatures of 37 degrees — its coldest weather in 12 years.
The unusually cold weather was brought on by nor’easter further up the coast, forcing Florida residents to bundle up against near-freezing temperatures.