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Boy Wrestles 6-Foot Gator After Catching It While Fishing
WKMG Excerpt:
ROCKLEDGE, Fla. -- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers were called to a home in Rockledge on Wednesday after they were told a 10-year-old boy dragged a 6-foot alligator home from a nearby canal. Michael Dasher said he was fishing with his friends from the side of the canal, near Green Road and Fiske Boulevard, when something caught the hook."The line snapped," Michael said.His friend, Kentral Welch, said he thought Michael caught a big one.
"I thought it was a really big fish until I saw his face," Kentral said.The boys said Michael hooked a 6-foot alligator.Michael said the alligator ran at him, so he started hitting it with sticks. He said at one point he jumped on the back of the beast.Michael was somehow able to capture the animal, which wildlife officials measured at 5 feet 9 inches long, and drag it home without getting seriously injured.
WKMG Excerpt:
ROCKLEDGE, Fla. -- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers were called to a home in Rockledge on Wednesday after they were told a 10-year-old boy dragged a 6-foot alligator home from a nearby canal. Michael Dasher said he was fishing with his friends from the side of the canal, near Green Road and Fiske Boulevard, when something caught the hook."The line snapped," Michael said.His friend, Kentral Welch, said he thought Michael caught a big one.
"I thought it was a really big fish until I saw his face," Kentral said.The boys said Michael hooked a 6-foot alligator.Michael said the alligator ran at him, so he started hitting it with sticks. He said at one point he jumped on the back of the beast.Michael was somehow able to capture the animal, which wildlife officials measured at 5 feet 9 inches long, and drag it home without getting seriously injured.