These first 2 pictures were taken by a KTBS helicopter flying over Lake Thomas, Wintertime Haven, Florida. The helicopter pilot and the game wardens on the ground were in communication via 2-manner radios.

Here 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 rima oris….moving in, over'
'Roger Air1'
'Oh Crap information technology's a Deer!'
'Ostend Air1.. Did you say Deer?, Over'
'Roger………a Deer in it's mouth….looks like a total sized buck….that's a big gator, boys. Nosotros're gonna need more men, Over'
'Roger Air1…..can you lot requite me a idea on size of animal, over'
'Its a big one…..25 feet at least, please advise, gator is heading to inlet….do I pursue?, over'

Gator eating deer

The deer was later institute to be a mature stag.

This alligator was found between Lakeland and Winter Haven Florida almost the house of Anita and Charlie Rogers, who could hear the beast bellowing in the nighttime.
Their neighbors had been telling them that they had seen a mammoth alligator in the waterway that runs backside their house, only they dismissed the stories as exaggerations.
'I didn't believe it,' Charles Rogers said, but after the alligator was killed, they realized the stories were, if anything, understated.
Game wardens were forced to shoot the alligator. Joe Goff, a 6'v″ alpine game warden, shown below, walks by the 28-pes, 1-inch long alligator that he helped shoot and kill in the Rogers' back yard.

Big gator

Source: scottiestoybox.com

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