Southern Wildlife

[Yesspaz]

This has nothing to do with music, but you have to see this alligator. To tease you, it's carrying an 11 ft. white-tailed deer in its mouth.

Yes sir.



The first two pictures were 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;
following 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! We're gonna need more men. Over."
"'Roger, Air1. Can you give me a idea on size of animal? Over."
"'It's big... 25 feet long 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 stag and was measured at 11 feet! Are you ready to go skiing on Lake Wiess?

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 the Rogers' house, but they dismissed the stories as exaggerations.

'I didn't believe it,' Charles Rogers said; however, they later realized the stories were, if anything, understated.

Alabama Parks and Wildlife game wardens had to shoot the beast. Joe Goff, a 6'5" game warden, walks past the 28'1" alligator (8.5 metres) he shot and killed in the Rogers' backyard.