We use to live in a two story, 4 bed room home but now live in a small condo. The house would have been great as it had a large yard in the back. Lots of room to grow tortoise food. I was interested in aquariums then. I only have a Horned Frog now. Oh well that's the way things go.:(
This happened a few years ago. I live in Juneau, Southeast Alaska. Hardly a place for turtles. Someone was driving out the highway and happened to see a turtle walking across the pavement. They stopped and it turned out to be a Common Snapping Turtle. I believe it was the size of a salad plate...