Five-Foot Woman Kills 13-Foot Alligator

CBS ^ | 18 Sept 2010 | unattributed

[smokingfrog]

Mary Ellen Mara-Christian is only five feet, five inches tall, weighing in at 115 pounds. She's looks small, but this week she proved she can take on a lot.

Mara-Christian killed a 13-foot, six-inch, 1,025-pound alligator during South Carolina's alligator hunting season.

How did she do it?

In an exclusive interview on "The Early Show on Saturday Morning," Mara-Christian explained she was out on a boat on Lake Moultrie with her husband and a few friends when she hooked the alligator with her heavy-duty fishing pole.

"We stuck him with a harpoon," she said. "We had two lines on him, we got him with a harpoon."

Mara-Christian said they had no idea how big the gator was. She said others estimated the gator was 10 feet long; it turned out to be three feet longer.

"I had no idea he was that big," she said.

But how did they reel him in?

[tubebender]

Great Story ST! Is she a relative of yours?

[SouthTexas]

Thought you’d like that. :)

No relation. Son’s mil did save a kid from a gator years ago.

[smokingfrog]

Wunneburger, who sang a chorus of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean'' while sitting atop the 750-pound alligator, has performed with Willie Nelson and played roles as an extra in made-for-television movies "Red-Headed Stranger'' and "Lonesome Dove.''

Cool!

[cubreporter]

Amazing. It was in its own environment and now it’s dead. I just don’t get it. Never will. Just glad I can’t do things like that.

[mad_as_he$$]

That spot is only if you do not want to damage the hide. A high powered rifle will finish a gator pronto if you do not care about the hide.