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 radios.
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'
'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 buck 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.
6 comments:
What do they mean, an 11-foot deer?
Have done a bit of deer hunting, not just in Texas (German shepherd sized deer), but have never seen an 11 footer...
I'd be calling Mick Dundee, mate!
Snopes has the inside scoop...
http://tinyurl.com/3ryv6
To the Donald...
I agree, 6-7' is max. South Texas whitetail or Northern Mulies...
but I could be wrong
The Donald family did the research... they don't miss much
DC
I wanna use that measuring tape to check my...
You mean the Bryant Family does there research.
Correction: the Bryant family does their research...
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