50-stone alligator so big people thought it was a hoax 'is real'
A PICTURE of an enormous 50-stone alligator was dismissed as fake by online commentators because they couldn’t believe it was real.
Conservationists discovered the huge reptile stuck in an irrigation ditch this week near Lake Blackshear, Georgia, US.People thought this picture of the alligator had been doctoredBut despite the state’s praising the nature conservation team people on social media couldn’t believe their eyes and thought it was just made up.Daniel Litz added: “Nice perspective photo making it look bigger.”Howze told the Cordele Dispatch: "Apparently a lot of people think it’s fake, but I can assure you that it is not."It took a while to get it out of that ditch.The alligator weighed in at 50 stone and was more than 13 feet long, with a chest measurement of over 57 inches.
Despite the find Howze reassured people living near the lake that it was still safe and added he and his family intended to still swim there in the summer. The largest ever alligator said to have been found in the US measured 19.2 feet long, which was discovered in Louisiana but this has not been collaborated, according to the
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