Thought I would share
some great pics and stories here .. Last place on my vacation list
of course..
Karen
snoops checked it is all
true
The picture below, was
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 ?!
If you ski at the west end of the
lake, try not to fall !!!
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
Rogerses' 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' tall game warden, walks past the
28-foot, 1-inch alligator (8.5 metres) he shot and killed in the
Rogerses' backyard.
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