13 foot long alligator
Joe Goff, a game warden with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, walks past a 13-foot, 1-inch alligator that he shot and killed in the back yard of the home at the Bar X Ranch on FM 521 near West ColumbiaGame wardens forced to shoot alligator
Published April 16, 2005
WEST COLUMBIA - Anita and Charlie Rogers could hear the bellowing in the night.
Her neighbors in Bar X Ranch had been telling them they had seen a giant alligator in the bayou that runs behind their house, but they dismissed the stories as exaggerations.
“I didn’t believe it,” Charles Rogers said. Friday they realized the stories were, if anything, understated. Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens had to shoot the beast.
July 14th, 2006 at 6:11 am
Its a hoax. And a really good photoship one too. And its being doing the rounds on the net. Look at the head of this “alligator”. I am astonded as to how many people havve been taken in by this.
July 14th, 2006 at 10:20 am
Urban Legends Reference says it’s real - http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/wcgator.asp
What is it about the head says that it’s fake?
August 22nd, 2006 at 10:46 pm
Um.. the man has a shadow and the “gator” doesn’t
= hoax
August 22nd, 2006 at 10:47 pm
and the tail wouldn’t be arched UP
August 24th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
Well the reason you can’t see the gator’s shadow is because it is on the left, as is the mans shadow. The right of the gator would be outside the pictute. And the tail is arched, due to the fact that there is another person (outside the realm of the photo) holding it up… not a hoax, and doubts answered.
September 18th, 2006 at 3:10 am
i just think it’s sick how someone would kill such a great animal.
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:23 am
I agree with Jennie. As you can see, the sun is in the view of the camera, showing that the sun is shining AT the camera. If you know the basic principles of science, a shadow of something doesn’t appear on the same side as the sun.
November 28th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
well u actually never know that could be a real animal
February 18th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Reminds me of the movie “Hoot”, when the kid sticks the alligators in the toilets.