It was a Tuesday morning one northeast Harris County family won't soon forget.

"Very unusual morning," said Frank Knight. "You don't need that second cup of coffee after this, I promise you."

Knight and his daughter spotted something that didn't belong on his camera system.

"He was a monster to me," said Knight.

A gator was creeping up his driveway and toward the backyard.

"I'm not sure who screamed the loudest," said Knight.

These three beagles were minding their own business in the backyard when a 6-foot gator suddenly appeared.

The 6-foot gator decided to stop right between his garage and the back door. Knight knew he wasn't going anywhere for a while.

"I opened the door just a little and yelled 'Skit!'" said Knight. "That didn't work. It did get his attention enough to turn and go and sit right there."

Knight's three beagles were in the backyard.

"He looked hungry," said Knight. "I was concerned about my animals. I think that's what he was going for."

Knight called 911 and Texas Parks and Wildlife. A rescuer showed up and started tangling with the gator, even using a towel to whip at him, to tire him out. But the animal wasn't going quietly.

"Somewhat aggressive," said Knight. "He was irritated. He was out of his habitat."

After an hour-and-a-half of gator wrestling, they were able to take him in. Now that gator is on its way to a gator farm and Knight has his house back.

"This is new," said Knight. "We've woken up to cows in our yard, donkeys, a couple of horses. But gators? That's a new one."

The wildlife expert who captured the gator says it may have been displaced due to recent floods. At 6-feet long it was also a relatively small gator, so it may have been forced out of his habitat by a much larger, territorial gator.