This picture was taken by a KTBS helicopter flying over Lake Wiess about 90 miles north of Birmingham, Alabama !
The helicopter pilot and the game warden were in communication via radio's here is a transcript of their conversation.
'Air1 have you a visual on the gator, over'
'Approaching inlet now, over'
'Roger Air1'
'Gator sighted…. Looks like it has a small animal in its mouth.. moving in, over'
'Roger Air1'
'Holy Crap it's a Deer!'
'confirm Air1.. did you say Deer?, Over'
'Roger.. a Deer in its mouth.. looks like a full sized buck.. that's a big gator, were gonna need more men, Over'
'Roger Air1..can you give me a idea on size of animal, over'
'Its big 25 feet at least, please advise Gator is heading to inlet.. do I pursue?, over'
That has to be a HUGE gator to have a whole deer in its mouth!
The deer was later found to be a mature Stag and was measured at 11 feet!
Are you ready to go skiing on Lake Wiess?!
If you ski at the west end of the lake -- try not to fall.
This alligator was found between Centre and Leesburg , Alabama near a house! Game wardens were forced to shoot the alligator- guess he wouldn't cooperate...
Anita and Charlie Rogers could hear the bellowing in the night. Their neighbors had been telling them that they had seen a mammoth alligator in the waterway that runs behind their house, but they dismissed the stories as exaggerations.
'I didn't believe it,' Charles Rogers said, but they realized the stories were, if anything, understated.
Alabama Parks and Wildlife game wardens had to shoot the beast. Joe Goff, 6'5' tall, a game warden, walks past the 28-foot, 1-inch alligator he shot and killed in their back yard.
18 comments:
Yikes, that one big gator. He's a good gator now too. :)
SCAAARRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sandee,
It's the picture of the gator with a deer in its mouth that got me.
Amelia,
That's a mouthful, pun intended.
that alligator is huuuuuuuge. tear you apart!
Rubenh,
Somehow I feel better knowing that he is no longer around.
According to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the image above (giant alligator hanging from a crane) is fake. Read more...
It doesn't look fake to me. I think that they just do not want to admit that they killed the gator. Even if it was, it's the first two pictures that really get your attention.
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Hell NO!!!!!
Mel, this is one scary animal!! Look at the size of it!!!! This is why I do not like to swim in certain areas lol *nodding*!
Good thing I am not prone to have nightmares....
Cheers
Mariuca,
Thanks so much for the award. I really appreciate it.
Mariuca,
I am looking forward to your return visit.
Max,
This is definitely what nightmares are made of.
It's not fake, but it's not as big as the story says. Check snopes.com:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/gatordeer.asp
Yep, the photos are real, from Aug-2004 in Georgia, but that gator was "only" about 13 feet or so. The only reptiles that get anywhere close to 30 feet are crocodiles, especially those big Aussie crocs. Yeeg, they totally give me the willies.
Holy crap!!! That son of a biscuit!!
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Thank you!
That's a big one...with all the gadgets available in the world, especially in the States, catching it alive would be no problem, but why kill it...tsk! tsk! Mindless zombies.
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