Strange sight in my kitchen

A few weeks ago I came home from work and got quite a scare. I walked in the house from the garage and was just putting the mail down on the kitchen table. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw something moving on the floor. Something big! My first thought was a spider but this was much weirder. It was a tiny little lizard! I screamed - not because I'm afraid of lizards but more out of shock. Lucky for me the lizard didn't move very fast and I managed to trap it under a cup. Then I grabbed a towel and flipped the cup over and took it outside. I let the lizard go in the backyard. We've never seen any lizards in our yard. I honestly think this was someone's pet that escaped. Robert and I think it might have crawled into our garage and somehow followed me up the steps. I inspected the whole house to make sure we didn't have some weird lizard infestation. No sign of any lizards and we haven't seen this little guy since. Crazy stuff!!