Its 10:30pm-Monsters outside! (really a dorito bag)

Alright! Finally a funny Casebolt story! Its 10:30pm, and we are trying to get to bed at a decent time since Jason is sick. I hear footsteps above me, but normally this just means that one of the kids is up to go to the bathroom. A few minutes later I hear faint footsteps coming down the stairs and a tiny faint knock at our door. It is Shawn, and he is afraid his sister is going to yell at him so he is being as quiet as he can so she doesn't know he is coming to get us. I am thinking "Great she is sick now with some sort of stomach bug!" (She doesn't like to tell us she throws up right away. NO IDEA why). Nah turns out she was texting her friend at 10:30 at night when she should be sleeping. Her friend was afraid because someone tried to get in her window, and rang their doorbell. So Jacee sent Shawn a message that she as afraid, and didn't know what to do, BUT didn't want him to tell us she was afraid. So I get this entire story. And I come upstairs so I can talk to her. Jason, whom should be in bed, comes wandering upstairs. I am going through the house making sure the doors and windows are locked for the sake of my kids sanity. We are showing them where the triggers to the alarm system are located and guaranteeing them that should someone break in we will know. Also trying to convince our big dog to protect them to give them reassurance. Well we all get to the kitchen window and notice something glowing outside in the back yard. Jason, the rational one, tries to convince us all that it is something reflecting from the lights in the park. Me and the kids all convince him it is something really glowing, and the more we look at it the 3 of us are convinced that it is a mutant alligator trying to get in the back yard. We can see LOTS of teeth! After all it can't be a Bigfoot, because its to low to the ground. So poor Jason, whom is sick, decides to go out and investigate. He gets his slippers on and a jacket, heads through the garage and grabs a paint extender stick (not sure how that will protect him) and all 3 of us stand at the window, just watching and waiting. Not sure for what, maybe we all though it would jump at him or something. Well low and behold he pokes it and decides it is harmless. Picks it up and brings it to the garage, and says "This Dorito bag is your alligator. I saved you all from it, lets go to bed now!"