Thursday, July 2, 2015

The World-Record Stokes Alligator

What is 15 feet, nine inches long, weighs 1,011.5 pounds
 and used to reside in the Alabama River?

It's Wilcox County's own world-record Stokes Alligator, caught last August 
by Mandy Stokes and her team from Thomaston. The team included 
her husband, brother-in-law and his two teens. The gator is on display
 at the Central Alabama Farmers Co-op in Selma through July.

Two years ago, the co-op hosted the state-record Fancher Alligator, 
also caught in Wilcox County, which you can see HERE.

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4 comments:

  1. Tanya BreeseJuly 2, 2015 at 9:18 AM

    it's kind of sad they caught him...he must have been old...

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  2. William KendallJuly 2, 2015 at 3:36 PM

    That was a big critter.

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  3. Taken For GrantedJuly 3, 2015 at 1:56 PM

    That's one amazing gator. Think I would keep my distance even if it is a mounted display. Good sign find.

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  4. TomJuly 4, 2015 at 5:44 AM

    I won't! Tom The Backroads Traveller

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