Man Arrested For Killing Alligator That Attacked His Stepson

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Las Vegas, NV –-(Ammoland.com)- WFLA-TV 8 reports this week in Bushnell, Florida that a 74-year-old Sumter County resident shot and killed an alligator that attacked his 58 year old stepson.

The 74 year old rancher, Reginald Blanton, discovered his horses acting strangely out in his pasture and spotted the large gator near them. He drew his 9mm handgun and fired four shots, hitting the alligator 3 times.

His 58-year-old Jack Hildreth stepson then arrived and approached the gator. He got within eight feet away when it suddenly attacked.

“Whenever he raised up after my stepson, it looked like he was shot out of a cannon. I had never seen nothing like it,” Blanton said.

Hildreth said he assumed the alligator was dead as he approached because it wasn’t moving. Suddenly he couldn’t see anything but teeth. “It was like a burst of lighting” he …Read the Rest

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