In this photo released to Reuters on Tuesday, Dustin Bockman is pictured with his record setting alligator, weighing 727 pounds and measuring 13 feet, captured in Vicksburg, Mississippi on September 1, 2013. Bockman, a 27-year-old UPS driver, and his crew spotted the mammoth creature in the Mississippi River and trailed it for two hours before getting close enough to spear it. It took another two hours to hook it with a second line and noose its neck. (Photo by Ryan Bockman/Handout via Reuters)
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