Posted on 10/06/2023 3:08:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
One of the fishermen had a message for critics of the legal harvesting.
After 20 years of chasing down an elusive 13-foot-long alligator in a Southeast Texas bayou, a group of fishermen have finally caught the gargantuan reptile. Last week, Robert Hennis, his son Joel, Rev. John Benandini Jr. and Tommy Strawn pulled the 680-pound beast from the waters of Turtle Bayou, located near Anahuac in Chambers County, Texas, according to a report from Liberty County's Bluebonnet News.
The harvesting took place behind Robert's home just before the end of Texas' alligator hunting season, which ran between Sept. 10 and Sept. 30. It was a long time coming. "We have been trying to get this gator for 20 years," Joel told Bluebonnet News. "Every year, a week before the season, we will see him, and then we won't see him again until after the season is over. This time he bit the wrong hook."
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
Imagine the age of dinosaurs.
This alligator would be a small creature chasing after you.
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