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Big Tex is found! Gator Country says two legendary gators accounted for after Imelda flooding
Source: KBMT-LD/12NewsNow.com
Big Tex is found! – Gator Country says two legendary gators accounted for
Both gators are known for their size and age. Big Texas is the largest gator to be caught alive.
Author: Eleanor Skelton, Lauren Hensley
Published: 2:27 PM CDT September 27, 2019
Updated: 5:55 PM CDT September 27, 2019
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Texas — Gator Country found both of their two famous gators as of Friday afternoon.
Gary Saurage, their owner, said Gator Country found Big Tex around 1 p.m. Friday, September 27. Big Al was found four days ago, September 23. For several days after Imelda, both gators were missing.
The gators are known for their size and age. Big Tex holds the national record for the largest live-captured nuisance alligator at 13 feet 8 inches, and Big Al is a little over 13 feet. Big Al is 84 years old, according to Gator Country’s website.
It took about a dozen people nearly two and a half hours to get Big Tex out of a retaining pond and back into his habitat.
The group of rescuers had to pull the gator about the length of a football field to get him home, Saurage said.
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Both gators are known for their size and age. Big Texas is the largest gator to be caught alive.
Author: Eleanor Skelton, Lauren Hensley
Published: 2:27 PM CDT September 27, 2019
Updated: 5:55 PM CDT September 27, 2019
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Texas — Gator Country found both of their two famous gators as of Friday afternoon.
Gary Saurage, their owner, said Gator Country found Big Tex around 1 p.m. Friday, September 27. Big Al was found four days ago, September 23. For several days after Imelda, both gators were missing.
The gators are known for their size and age. Big Tex holds the national record for the largest live-captured nuisance alligator at 13 feet 8 inches, and Big Al is a little over 13 feet. Big Al is 84 years old, according to Gator Country’s website.
It took about a dozen people nearly two and a half hours to get Big Tex out of a retaining pond and back into his habitat.
The group of rescuers had to pull the gator about the length of a football field to get him home, Saurage said.
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Read more: https://www.12newsnow.com/article/weather/hurricane/big-tex-is-found-gator-country-says-two-legendary-gators-accounted-for/502-afac95cd-d7df-4e65-849a-34684d731b1f