An 844-pound, 14-foot alligator nicknamed Snaggletooth has been captured in South Carolina. (Credit: Renegade Bowfishing via Storyful)
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An enormous alligator was captured and killed in South Carolina, after a hunter spent four years chasing the animal.
“Snaggletooth” nabbed in South Carolina
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Video from Renegade Bowfishing obtained by the social news platform Storyful, shows hunter Chris Webb nabbing “Snaggletooth,” an 844-pound, 14-foot alligator on Sept. 28 in Lake Moultrie, which is 50 miles north of Charleston, South Carolina.
An 844-pound, 14-foot alligator nicknamed Snaggletooth has been captured in South Carolina. (Credit: Renegade Bowfishing via Storyful)
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According to The Post and Courier in South Carolina, Cole Poplin of Renegade Bowfishing told the news outlet that he had spotted Snaggletooth routinely, but his chance to pursue the huge animal was limited since alligator-hunting season happens from the second Saturday of September to the second Saturday of October annually.
An 844-pound, 14-foot alligator nicknamed Snaggletooth has been captured in South Carolina. (Credit: Renegade Bowfishing via Storyful)
While Snaggletooth is massive, the alligator is not the largest to have been caught in South Carolina.
In 2010, Maryellen Mara-Christian from Massachusetts caught a 1,025-pound, 13-foot alligator in Lake Moultrie.
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