A man was horrified to find a giant " Godzilla -like" lizard trying to get into his home through the patio windows.
Frank Crowder found the large monitor lizard clawing at the outer screen of a window on his front porch.
In a video, the large reptile can be seen peering into the house in Apopka, Florida, USA, after scaling the mesh screen using its claws before falling down.
Frank's mum, Jocelyn Penson, uploaded the clip to her Facebook after her son sent it to her.
She said: "Look at this! Look at what came to pay [Frank] a visit today!
"It looks like Godzilla to me. Needless to say, I won't be visiting him anytime soon."
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports that none of the nine species of monitor lizards found in Florida are native to the state.
They are often pets that have been released into the wild once they grew too large for their owners.
In a December last year, another huge lizard wandered into a family's home in Thailand and ran across a sofa - inches from their sleeping grandmother.
The family were preparing for dinner when the large reptile emerged from a nearby canal and snuck into the property in Samut Prakan province.
CCTV footage shows a woman bringing in food when she spotted the venomous monitor lizard inside the room.
It shocked those inside the property and came within inches of an elderly woman who was stretched out on the couch.
The 5ft-long creature terrified the residents as it ran for the exit, sprinted across the sofa and brushed the grandmother, who then woke up.
