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  1. Nutz2U2

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    ‘Dinosaur-size’ alligator killed
    April 7, 20166:28am

    Huge ... A farmer and hunter in the US have found a huge alligator that had been killing cattle at a farm in Florida. Picture: Outwest Farms Inc / Facebook

    Fox NewsNew York Post
    A pair of Florida hunters bagged a five-metre long alligator last weekend and photos of the massive specimen have gone viral.

    According to the New York Post, Lee Lightsey, the owner of Outwest Farms in Okeechobee, Florida, and hunting guide Blake Godwin discovered the alligator in one of their cattle ponds while on a guided hunt. They believe the gator had been feasting on the farm’s cattle.

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    Huge ... The alligator was estimated to be five metres long. Picture: Outwest Farms Inc/FacebookSource:Facebook


    “We … discovered the remains of what we determined to be cattle in the water. We determined that he was in fact attacking our livestock as they came to drink,” Godwin told a local news station.

    The guide said Lightsey shot the gator as it surfaced about six metres in front of them. Godwin said the animal was so big that the pair had to use a farm tractor to pull it out of the water.

    Photos posted on the farm’s Facebook page showed the alligator dangling from the tractor. Godwin insisted the photos weren’t a belated April Fools’ Day joke.

    Giant alligator killed
    “It is hard to believe that something this big exists in the wild,” Godwin said. “Hunting is a way of life for us and we are very proud of it.”

    Outwest Farms has been guiding hunts for alligators, wild boar and turkey for 18 years and Lightsey says on his website he’s been hunting all his life. According to Godwin, the largest alligator they had taken before Saturday’s hunt was just over 14 feet long.

    The pair plan to donate the gator’s meat to charity and have the alligator taxidermied for display at their hunting shows and expos.

    This story originally appeared in The New York Post
     
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  2. AlwaysRt

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    Shhhhhh, don't tell anyone about the 19 footers caught every year - by other hunters. 16 feet 4 inches may be their personal record but.....
     
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    April 7, 2166:28 am?
     
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    Apparently the other hunters don't have little kids to have stand 10ft behind the gator to make it appear even bigger. :rolleyes:
     
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