I wouldn’t want that thing crawling up onto our front lawn and eating one (or all) of us. If they are in to wearing animals. So save the predators??? Suddenly it is getting all these attacks. And where’s this evidence that teaching the fairy tales of Islam is ok, but not the fairy tales if Christianity and Judaism? A asteroid might hit my house but not likely. T. Dunbar I agree with you! I want you to read the comments as your answer is there many times. Again, sorry for jumping to the wrong conclusion. Of course not!!!! That’s really sad. I have no information on it, and I don’t know if the gator is real, if it was a hazard or if someone doctored the photo. WEST COLUMBIA – Anita and Charlie Rogers could hear the bellowing in the night. Who cares if he ate a human or two, if they were trespassing in his territory. The largest gator ever recorded in Florida is 14 or 15 feet. Lake Eloise is a large natural freshwater lake on the south side of Winter Haven, Florida. He wasn’t eating or killing or chasing anyone, Leave the damn gator Alone! It had a Stag in it’s mouth. You should have known the risks before you bought your land. Do you see the name Scottie in any of the story? The gator has a right to live too but that size is frightening and unsafe to have in your back yard. We’re gonna need more men, Over’ Some of these comments are getting close to and some are crossing that line. Another reason is I truly don’t care about the story, true or not. So who else’s back yard would u dump that in?? You can tell it’s photoshopped by the shadows on the ground- notice the truck bed shadow & the police officers? They typically range, in size from 10 to 15 feet in length, so a 13-ft. gator would certainly be a large specimen, but not an extraordinarily-sized one. If you’re worried about something eating “your kids” or pets…keep them safer. This world needs to be preserved and taken care. Not eat you, your children & all your pets. BEcause it is a huge draw, and it reaffirms my belief that people are lazy and will ask for information they could easily look up themselves but would rather have someone else do for them. Lake Eloise is a superb place to water ski and fish – it is full of crappie, bluegill, and largemouth bass. Poor guy had to lived a VERY long time! Are people that stupid why kill a animal for being in it’s home we are the invaders not then I’m all for the safety of people and the right to hunt this gator should not be kill if it hasn’t attacked anyone know your surrounding. Duh probably gonna have a gator nearby. You Are sick mad awful fools murderers, Claire… grammar please. Hugs. . looks like you wrote we murder sick mad awful fools. Rant over. Lol you would say that. It is THEIR HOME. I don’t want people getting hurt but we are not the only species on this planet, just the most dangerous. Not funny, but you are a joke. To Tom & everyone else who keep asking the question of why they killed the gator. Winter Haven and The Chain are known to many as the water ski capital of the world, thanks to the famous Cypress Gardens Water Ski Team. If you go in the ocean be prepared to encounter all things that are INDIGENOUS to that place. Such a shame, Because it is so not cool to live and let live? Golden shiners prefer quiet waters, such as lakes, ponds, sloughs, and occasionally are … Be well. Sorry go back to troll class and put in some sweaty feet effort. However if a gator has become a “nuisance” it must be destroyed. I simply posted an email I got. Deer, raccoons, oppossums, and other scavengers sneak into our neighborhoods & cities & learn there’s plenty of good eats in our trash. I also am the only one who can deny anyone someone their voice on my Toy Box, so please don’t tell people to shut up or not to voice their opinion. Why did they kill this ancient creature ??? I mean I started reading the comments and it is a perfect example of how people have their own agenda and can’t wait for any opportunity to push it on you nomatter what you post!!!! But people still react as if it is a new fox news story. I have to call BS… That picture has been allegedly from every lake in the country. Don’t they realise how old this animal could be? Man is destructive if we don’t want it then it has to go. Good grief! If global warming continues, many creatures will be growing larger! I did check it and it proved true on the site I used. When God gave us dominion over animals it didn’t mean abuse and obliteration of them everything on this earth. I hate gators yet they are still on endangered list. I hope they at least stuff him and put him in a museum of some kind. Sadly it still gets the most hits out of all the stuff on my blog. I have seen gators removed for being a threat and I have seen them left alone when they are not. The “real world”? Why are you not focusing on the PYTHON problem? I really hate this. I have had Polk county tags for the Last 2 years. I have taken a lot of flax for posting that story. I need about a foot of that tail to fry up. The alligator was real but the info in this article was completely fake. Hugs. Humans living on top of its habitat ?? Did you read the other comments? The alligators are filling up the swamps. If you are going to live in the wild expect wild animals, if you live in the swamp expect gators. Cloud, Florida, and is also close to Lake Butler Hospital and the Lake City Gateway Airport. You crack me up, you are grand at humor. I have been told by several people it is a fake. Hugs, Tell me WHY they ” were FORCED to kill it”, It had bad breath? Couldn’t you somehow sedate it and take it to a zoo somewhere that it could live out its life. The biggest I have seen is 25 footer that lived in the Bayou behind my house in Texas. Homes for You Price (High to Low) Price (Low to High) Newest Bedrooms Bathrooms Square Feet Lot Size. Others have claimed it happened in their home town or to their relative. Dina, you’re picked for the job. They are relocated at any cost. No idea. I find I am amazed at the conflicting statements on this post. The pictures are real, but the stories are not. You are an ass. And i darn sure don’t want to be alligator food. Game wardens were forced to shoot the alligator. It means you need to learn about these animals and stop getting all your information from the media. We use to have one that lived in a canal a few hundred yards from our house. Damn snowflakes!!!! I hope others read your comment before they say something they do not have evidence for. So get really nasty. I’m a native Floridian that’s 52 years. Good show. We are all living beings together. You know the two posts I made on huge Gators are the ones most searched? Be well. Do they continue to grow until death? I have investigated this and found that the ones claiming it is false are the ones who have been refuted, debunked, or shown to be a lie. Hello and thank you. As much as I love wildlife and I strongly believe that we need to preserve areas from development, to allow an enduring legacy of biological diversity, I also understand a few facts: I bet he lived there long before his neighbors! Hugs, what a shame such an animal had to die for no good reason remember they moved in his home not him into theirs, I think the problem was he tried to move back in. Change ). Hugs. It wants to be left alone. I leave it up for a couple reasons. The helicopter pilot and the game wardens on the ground were in communication via 2-way radios. This alligator was found between Lakeland and Winter Haven Florida near the house of Anita and Charlie Rogers, who could hear the beast bellowing in the night. Hugs. Published April 16, 2005 How big was the deer exactly? There was no reason to kill the gator. Stag? best wises, hugs. In February 2011 it was opened as Legoland Florida. Now before you get all Daunting Dawn look through the comments. Hugs, I wonder how many more just like that one are out there? Just Saying! Hugs. And to see that Polk county actually killed the Hugh gator is not fare for us that chech out these places bigger gators hang out all year long just to wait for another chance to try for a Trophy gator. It may have happened here, there, or anywhere. But I grew up on farms and sometimes when young I would have a farm animal I got close to that was slated for slaughter. Eating minnows? Hugs. Also radio and TV stations east of the Mississippi call letters begin with the letter W. K is for stations west of theMississippi, I realize scary but why did they have to shoot it again??? Dont come then, there is no reason to kill this wonderful animal. Why has everybody brought politics into this picture? Without them, everything else crumbles. It is suck that humans kill Animals without having the need to use them for survival.If you live on a lake you know you got to share with Gators. Hugs, Ten years ago, this was a photo taken at Caddo Lake, near Shreveport Louisiana. The lake appears in the first U.S. Government survey of the area, published in 1950. Be well, say hello to your daddy when he changes your diaper. For what reason ? Something fishy going on. Yes, that is a big lizard but nowhere near 28 feet. I have a post that I know is untrue but I keep it for clickbait to draw traffic. No way an american alligator grew to 28 feet… secondly when this picture camr out 4 years ago,tge gator was not even in florida… it is not a saltwater Crocodile…. They aren’t in the records books because they aren’t being reported. The largest alligator ever caught in the America’s was 16’4″. You are correct. Why the Hell did they kill that magnificent gator? About Alligator Lake Close to Town . Be well, have joy in your life, and best wishes. MAGA, baby! However if they are a threat to people in some way they do destroy them. Hugs. He just happened to be out when someone saw him. [9], Although Lake Eloise is a large lake, there is very little public access to it. Do you realize how long it took that Gator to get that big ?!!! It didn’t know any better. We have them walk down our street in front and across the back of our yard. That’s odd that “6-5” game warden is barley taller then tail gate on the back of that truck. Hugs, Did the alligator attack anybody was he eating family pets mind lng his own business it was eating wild animals when I saw the posting of this animal several months ago I knew it was only a matter of time before they were out and tried to kill it and they did succeed men with little dicks killing big animals with the big guns, Hello Paul. You might want to know I was an abused child, emotionally, physically, and sexually. Wow! now for many years…. There is no public access from the shore, as all shoreline is on private property. Also, a large paddle boat was refurbished and dubbed the Cypress Belle. Hello A. Wax. As for pets that really goes on your culture. 99% of all bites are because a human tried to approach the snake (generally to kill it). I have lived in Florida around gators since 1994. Let’s not forget about the wild hogs that are also carnivores that kill deer and the Bobcats. We build in an animals habitat and then we kill the same animals when they are by a house. I seen ’em do it!” My mama was a smart lady and not a snowflake libtard like all aligators are. lol this aint no horror movie idiot LMAO!!!!!!! Lol, Hello Cindy. I DONT GET THE REASONING, Hello Ed. Why did they kill it. True fact: hippos kill more people than sharks (and alligators, for the record) annually. There is no such thing as a 28 foot alligator. All you had to do was tranquilize it and move to a wild life reservation I’m sure Florida has many. They should have captured it and put it in a zoo! It has caused more trouble and I should delete it. Hello Don. For the Love of St Pete. Hugs, So why kill so magnificent a animal to achieve the size stated, and I don’t believe 28 ft at all but even is Trex shrunk into alligator size. Hugs. They warden who shot it better get it mounted and placed in his/her game room! you all obviously have small penis’s or we’d have to take you out to. The gator in the last picture was a 13 ft long one killed in south Texas a few years back. so it was killed for being succesful at living ? I find that this practice is problematic in that it provides negative publicity to and fear of a wild reptile. Why must they be shot? IMO yours does. No doubt this was probably be a pretty big gator. Sure glad they got him though. Looking at the way the gator is, you can tell they took the photo in a way to make it look bigger. Is it full grown?? 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