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Trappers Catch, Kill Massive 12-Foot, 650lb. Alligator

Trappers Catch, Kill Massive 12 Foot, 650lb. Alligator

Imagine finding a terrifyingly-massive 12-foot alligator in your backyard. While this description likely conjure images only seen in horror flicks, it was a reality for some residents near Julington Creek, Florida.

This past Saturday, trappers captured and killed what can only be described as a monstrosity. Recently, the humungous reptile became a concern when it started going after neighborhood dogs. Thus, the community decided something had to be done. Catching the creature, though, wasn’t easy.

Check out the following video report from CNN that sheds more light on a situation that some say was “…like a scene from Jaws”:

Comments (97)

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  • eramthgin
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 10:05am

    I live on the gulf coast of texas and we have em in our streams and creeks around here.

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  • Redrivermma
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 10:03am

    “Shooooot hiiiiiim Lisabet! Shooooot! Shooooot!”

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  • kole
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 9:55am

    Lots of fried alligator. Yum, Yum.

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  • Emil
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 9:50am

    Sharps dammit Sharps, as in Christian.

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  • Emil
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 9:14am

    I have a .45-120 sharps buffalo gun, amazing affect on large dangerous critters. A 505 grain bullet at 1750 FPS.

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  • USeless
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 9:06am

    Now this is a croc…http://www.news.com.au/national/massive-saltwater-crocodile-harpooned-in-a-northern-territory-billabong/story-e6frfkvr-1226073252652

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  • chuck_wagon
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 9:05am

    They should have left it alone, stupid morons!

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  • USeless
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 9:05am

    That’s not an alligator,now this is a croc…http://www.news.com.au/national/massive-saltwater-crocodile-harpooned-in-a-northern-territory-billabong/story-e6frfkvr-1226073252652

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  • kenr1963
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:44am

    Ol Troy from the History Channels Swamp People would say dad’s a twee shaker LOL!!! Love this show.

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    • RadioActive Chief
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 4:28pm

      Those Louisiana cajuns know what to do with a gator, but then again, they don’t get the NY/NJ libs infesting them like there is in Florida. Yeah, there’s no sneezing at a 12 1/2 footer…but the one Troy called T.Rex measured out at 13 ft! The Swamp People ARE great!

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    • gravedanger
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 6:46pm

      love the show too!

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  • thegodfather
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:34am

    New shoes for everyone!

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  • packrbackr
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:33am

    Ii would have thought they would put it in the moot at the border.

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  • conservativeme
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:33am

    Feed the village!

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  • Miyegombo Bayartsogt
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:25am

    Alligators are shy, gentle creatures. Just because they eat puppies like popcorn and have munched on a rare human is no reason to hunt them down and kill them. I have lived in Florida all my life and enjoy the feeling of being up to my armpits in a fetid swamp while feeling a giant bull gator rattling the water with its mating rumble. As many encounters as I’ve had with gators over the years I can still type this with ten fingers. Pretty much you leave them alone and they’ll eat your dog and swim in your swimming pool and sun on your lawn. I enjoy a live and let eat sort of relationship with these large local lizards.

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    • USAFRetired
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:33am

      I hear that the manure from them is really good for the garden.

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    • David, the Constitutional Libertarian
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 10:12am

      Probably because they are meat eaters USAFRetired.
      Best thing for gardens is the remains of fish catches and animal remains. At least that was what my granddad use to say. He use to bury every carcass he shot or caught in his garden and it was one of the best I had ever seen.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:19am

    Can they work in D.C.?????

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  • New Dawn Comin
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:18am

    All these liberals want to keep animals alive as long as they aren’t the ones having to take care of them.

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    • woodyl1011fl
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:37am

      You know liberals/democrats don’t feel the same about children/babies! Total hypocrits!

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  • USAFRetired
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:13am

    put one of those in every backyard that runs along the border with Mexico. That would thin the herd of illegals coming across the border

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    • Southernguy
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:16am

      lmao

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:28am

      Too bad Obama refuses to put in that border moat…..

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:37am

      We need a 40ft tall fence in a 20ft gator infested mote on the south border. And some web cams to watch the action.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:39am

      Why stop at only one?

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:46am

      Dang. If we had that moat, this one would have been excellent breeding stock. ::sigh::

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    • USAFRetired
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 10:18am

      I like the Idea for webcams, but upgrade them to web controlled gun emplacements and keep score on the website like Playstation network

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  • WVBeagleMom
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:09am

    Trappers 1 Gator 0

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  • Oldtexan in support of Israel
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:06am

    A pair of boots , belt and hat band would be nice.

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  • USeless
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:05am

    650lbs?yeah right.Someone’s obviously fiddles the figures here.

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  • Geo0248
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 7:59am

    Why, Why, Why?
    We automatically have to kill a living creature for the simple 15 minutes of fame attached to it?
    Im personally an ex hunter and fully believe in my rights to do so. But was this nescessary?
    All alternative options were exhausted and killing it was the ONLY available option?
    Ever hear of tranquilizers?
    This was a grand specimen that could of, and if deemed to be a nuisance, should have been put on display. A LIVING DISPLAY! What a waste.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:25am

      “We automatically have to kill a living creature for the simple 15 minutes of fame attached to it?” — I‘m pretty sure it wasn’t killed for “fame”. It was killing pets & terrorizing an entire neighborhood.

      “This was a grand specimen that could of, and if deemed to be a nuisance, should have been put on display….” — Perhaps. But then again, maybe nobody wanted it. Costs a lot to display & feed a critter like that.

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    • SlimnRanger
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:29am

      They did the right thing if he was eating dogs,humans would have been next

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    • jnobfan
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:38am

      Are you going to pay for the gators food,shelter,medical care, or do you want the rest us to pay for it.
      Get used to hearing this – THAT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET – We are borrowing 40 cents on every dollar we spend. Expenses are going to have to be prioritized and the big gator is way down the list.
      Sorry but get used to it. If the big guy is a priority for you and your budget I wish you the best.

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    • gravedanger
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 6:14pm

      Its the law here in fl. for good reason. Any gator over 4 feet has to be killed because of the imposed dangers. This gator would not have changed his ways by relocating him. Also these animals are not endangered. We have an active hunting season on these thriving beasts because of rapid overpopulation.

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  • warner
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 7:55am

    @nomercy63
    You need to do ALOT of research as to how many gators there are in the U.S! Don’t be ignorant!

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  • VLADTEPES
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 7:54am

    Another dumb statement from a lib.,there are so many gators down here in the the glades that you could kill a million of them and wouldn’t put a dent in the pop. I love gator tail..

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  • RN MOM
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 7:47am

    That thing is huge! It’s arms are as big as the man standing next to him. I want a pocketbook from that gator!

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  • nomercy63
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 7:45am

    A gator that size was around a long time did anyone ever hear capture and remove to different area!
    Typical America kill anything, it is a shame soon we will not have anything left!

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    • RN MOM
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 7:50am

      That’s a sweeping blanket statement that has no bearing on reality. Lot’s of Americans devote their lives to saving animals and animal rescues. The gator was killing local dogs and from the size of it against the girl- it could have eaten a child.

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    • poppajoe
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 7:58am

      Hey Mercy please send Ur adress to the Fl. .trappers next time they will leave it there . Just a wild guess U don’t live in the South ..

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    • New Dawn Comin
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:00am

      Animals have been going extict for along time. It’s natural. And yet somehow we still have some around.

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    • frodis
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:06am

      I agree. Yes it could have eaten a child but the gator has to feed too. We Floridians are in their backyard so we have to learn to adapt. They could have taken the gator to Silver Springs to show off.

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    • New Dawn Comin
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:13am

      It doesn’t have to feed now.

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    • Southernguy
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:14am

      Boo hoo…………

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    • Southernguy
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:15am

      And another BOO HOO…………..dang, I can‘t quit cryin’

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:22am

      “Floridians are in their backyard so we have to learn to adapt.”

      This is fairly typical liberal thinking. Why isn‘t it the Floridians’ backyard too? The idea that we adapt the world to fit our needs, including ridding our environment of dangerous predators like wolves, lions and bears, something that mankind has done for millenia and that has made civilization possible, is explicitly rejected by this fantastic ideology that thinks nature is a friendly little multispecy democracy in which we have to and even CAN all live together..

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    • Zoe
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:29am

      My God gave us Dominion over Animals.

      But for you, have you thought of looking into organizing & FUNDING your dream.

      It isn’t an entitlement type project you have in mind is it?

      Let me know when your project hit‘s the ground running cause the Florida Trappers haven’t snagged the 12′ er on the river around here yet.

      Then we can all teach him to sing Kumbaya in the Lowrey Park Zoo & feed him feed laced with corn syrup…. Peace Out.

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:35am

      Munch, munch. Nom, nom, nom. ;-)

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:41am

      “Recently, the humungous reptile became a concern when it started going after neighborhood dogs. Thus, the community decided something had to be done.”

      Sounds like the community tried the “live & let live” route….but the gator wasn’t satisfied with that…he wanted more & more.

      Remind you of somebody??

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    • EdGunz
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 9:04am

      Gator Hunting is legal anyway. The meat was probably used, so what is the issue. If you eat meat you have no room to talk, steaks aren’t grown on trees.

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    • ME
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 10:28am

      You are the bright one aren’t you, I would like to wish your child meets one someday but I am not that mean and if you do have kids they have been raised on natural concert and asphalt like most nature lovers they seen it on vacation, in the park and that one time on a 5 acre farm in the country:) :) :) Or better yet they have a degree for it:) :) :) Just leave the stuff not surrounded in concert to us backward, god fearing, gun toting conservative county foke.

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 10:38am

      New Dawn Comin
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:00am

      Animals have been going extict for along time. It’s natural. And yet somehow we still have some around.
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      That’s funny … thank you for the good laugh

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on June 10, 2011 at 7:44am

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    Yeah you will find gators when you live in a swamp no big deal. Fry that puppy up……….

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    • floridaborn
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 7:52am

      Not a swamp! Small creek that runs off the St. Johns River…in the middle of town!

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:05am

      I see A LOT of shoes and handbags right there. :)

      I’m glad that thing was not in my backyard. Here in FL, if there’s fresh water nearby, you better assume that there are gators in it. Glad this critter didn’t grab a child.

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    • TnFirefighter
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:12am

      If you are Florida born then you know it is not unusual for there to be gators in anybody of water anywhere. I was born and lived in Lakeland , and it is something you always had to be aware of.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:19am

      I admit I‘m not a wildlife or alligator expert but I’ve read these animals are very territorial and very agressive. This one appears to have staked his claim on the neighborhood and its unlikely it would voluntarily go somewhere else. Having that massive animal running around peoples backyards is flat out dangerous.

      For those who are bashing the outcome of this situation – next time one of these giants is found in somebody’s yard (or garage, or patio, or swimming pool) , you can have it for your own backyard as long as you pay for its live capture & the transportation costs.

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    • Whitey4West
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 8:41am

      chooooot em’!!

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    • militiaman
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 9:08am

      Alligators in FLorida are still a protected species, even though they literally choke the lakes, streams and rivers.

      A few years ago a young kid was killed by one as he was wading in the water in my general area. An officer from the Department of Fish and Game was quoted in the newspaper as saying, in essence, “He shouldn’t have been wading in the area,” implying the attack was the fault of the little boy.

      I phoned the dork and asked him what he meant by that. He said people should stay away from alligator habitats, which revealed his stupidity, because gators are everywhere. It just isn’t possible to avoid them quite often. He said “they help the environment,” in his twangy drawl.”

      I asked him what they eat. He stuttered, stammered, (He didn’t really know) then: “ducks and fish.”
      I told him it wouldn’t matter if gators were eliminated entirely, because we wouldn’t notice one iota of difference in the small animal populations. Besides we weren’t really concerned about being over run with ducks and fish.

      He said, well, it was his “opinion” that they help the environment, and he wasn’t budging from that belief. What a shame that the ignorant wuss seems to place more value on a gator than a child.

      Like most things involving the government, it’s up to the citizenry to protect themselves. Many gators threaten people on private land, and I guess they die from heart attacks, because they‘re only seen once and they’re gone.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 10:19am

      Iwrin rolls in his grave.

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    • SgtB
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 10:48am

      Gator taste great fried!

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    • FlCracker17
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:02am

      Militiaman you are not very bright on this subject. The sign of a healthy ecosystem is a healthy population of large predators. Yes they are protected but starting Aug 15 we will begin taking gators out of the rivers and lakes around and the state harvesting around 6,000 gators. And then we will stop until next Aus 15. The trappers will continue to eliminate nuisance gators when needed on a year round basis. Gators are especially aggressive during April/May because its mating season. Don’t go in the water and “challenge” a bull gator for his territory like the boy some 8 yrs ago. He waded in and splashed water towards a gator some 15 yards across a canal to imprees his friends. His parents did not do an adequate job of educating him on how to coexist with gators, i.e. leave them alone. If gators are to close to a large human population or show a lack of fear of humans (their only natural predator besides larger gators) call FWC and they will send a trapper. And for crying out loud use some common sense. Stay out of the water in areas likely to contain large gators and keep your eyes open every where else.

       
    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:36am

      send it to the border moot

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    • 2smart
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:55am

      Like that makes a difference Floridaborn. I guess the gator missed the sign that said “No Gators Allowed”. Keep in mind that it is us encroaching on there territory, not the other way around. And, like any animal they are going where the food is, and since they are at the top of the food chain almost anything living is food, even you.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 12:27pm

      I want that head hanging on my cabin wall.

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    • SREGN
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 3:31pm

      I say kill ‘em all. Along with venomous spiders and snakes. Make the world safe for people. Maybe if you kill all the crocs it‘ll starve out all the African Rock Pythons and we won’t have to worry about them anymore either.

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    • militiaman
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 3:45pm

      “FlCracker17
      Posted on June 10, 2011 at 11:02am
      Militiaman you are not very bright on this subject. The sign of a healthy ecosystem is a healthy population of large predators.”

      With all due respect, my friend, I heartily disagree. Gators were almost eliminated in North Carolina at one time and it made no significant difference.

      People are just another piece of meat to gators. I wish I had a nickel for everytime an environmentalist gets on t.v. or writes an article after a human death by an alligator and disingenuously tries to convince the public they have nothing to fear from these pre-historic beasts.

      Whether or not a person splashes around a gator or not, if the gator is hungry, he’ll attack the person. I told one environmentalist who was deluding people that gators only attack if disturbed that I would give him $10,000 if he would sit on a seawall with gators in the canal with his feet dangling in the water and slowly move them back and forth as people often do. He declined.

      After a gator grows to about 6 feet it has no natural fears of humans and if his food source is reduced to humans, then humans will be his diet.

      Too, there is no credible information available that an absence of gators will create an imbalance in nature, no more than there is identical information that eliminating all the cotton mouths and rattlers will do the same.

      The theory that we “need” gators is no more valid than global warming.

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    • t00nces2
      Posted on June 11, 2011 at 7:05pm

      I don’t think 14 ft is the largest gator. I believe I have seen bigger gators than that.

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