Huge Gator Spotted Taking Stroll In Florida Reserve

A video posted to Facebook by Kim Joiner shows
the huge alligator sauntering across a path at the
Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County Sunday.
Visitors to the nature center can be seen
capturing the unusual spectacle.
“I love Circle B. Nature at its best,” Joiner wrote
on the post, which has been shared more than
18,000 times.

Some Facebook commenters say that the well-
known gator is nicknamed “Humpback” on
account of his large, curved back,
This is not the first big gator to hit the headlines
in Florida recently. Last year a hunter in the
Sunshine State nabbed a 13-and-half-foot
alligator.

The state record for length was a 14
foot 3 1/2 inch male at Lake Washington in
Brevard County, according to the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission. Florida’s
heaviest recorded gator was a 1,043 pound (13
feet 10-1/2 inches long) male at Orange Lake in
Alachua County.
Last year a humongous gator became something
of a media sensation when it was spotted
wandering around the Buffalo Creek Golf Course
in Palmetto on Florida’s Gulf coast.