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There is a transcript of the conversation between Air 1 and the game warden on the ground. It is not a clean copy / paste but, I will work on it in a bit.
This gator is 28' 1 " in length.
This gator is 28' 1 " in length.
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Not only has the story grown over the past 4 years, the gator has apparantly also grown from 12-13 feet long to 27 feet as the story was passed on....
The gator hanging in the photo is not the same gator either....
Not only has the story grown over the past 4 years, the gator has apparantly also grown from 12-13 feet long to 27 feet as the story was passed on....
The gator hanging in the photo is not the same gator either....
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Yeah its huge. I actually didn't go hunting on snopes... I did a quick search to see if I could find the transcripts and snopes came up. It does have truth to the story though... the details grew over time, like a fishing story! 
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The backhoe picture is only a matter of forced perspective. If you look at the shadows thrown by various things in the picture, you realize the cop walking by is at least 6 feet away from the animal. Taking that into perspective, it only appears to be about 10-12 feet long.
The two other pictures make the gator more realistic as well. Consider that the deer's body from the base of the neck to the tail is about 4 feet, and transpose that distance over the tip of the snout of the gator, it only ends up being about 10-12 feet as well. Still a big gator, but the backhoe picture and context of the other two pictures get people's imaginations running.
Granted, you don't really see a gator dragging Bambi's mom off every day, but it's not all that surprising...deer approachers shoreline to drink, gator suprises deer, end of story. It is a big gator, though.
The two other pictures make the gator more realistic as well. Consider that the deer's body from the base of the neck to the tail is about 4 feet, and transpose that distance over the tip of the snout of the gator, it only ends up being about 10-12 feet as well. Still a big gator, but the backhoe picture and context of the other two pictures get people's imaginations running.
Granted, you don't really see a gator dragging Bambi's mom off every day, but it's not all that surprising...deer approachers shoreline to drink, gator suprises deer, end of story. It is a big gator, though.