Monster alligator caught by family in Alabama

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A family in Alabama is celebrating the catch of a lifetime - a 15ft (4.5m) alligator weighing more than 1,000 pounds (450kg).

The alligator was caught by Mandy and John Stokes, Mrs Stokes' brother-in-law Kevin Jenkins and his children, 16-year-old Savannah and 14-year-old Parker.

The huge creature was pulled from the water by the keen hunters in south Alabama at the weekend during the state's alligator-hunting season, according to local reports.

It is the largest ever legally killed by an Alabama hunter.

It took the relatives hours to reel the catch in; the alligator was first hooked on Friday night and it was finally pulled in on Saturday morning.

"When I saw the size of the foot on this one, I knew it was a good one," Mrs Stokes told Al.com

Weighing the animal was not easy - the first attempt reportedly destroyed a winch assembly used to hoist most average alligators.

Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries biologists then used a digger to lift the animal and weigh it.

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This is sad to me. This poor alligator was killed why?

 

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This is sad to me. This poor alligator was killed why?

Because it probably would have killed them?

 

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Dang, that's one huge alligator!

 

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So... are they going to eat it?