Texan boy, 5, kills 800-pound alligator!
By ANIFriday, October 2, 2009
LONDON - A five-year-old boy from Texas shot dead a 12ft alligator using his small shotgun. Imon Hughes was hunting with his dad on their 5,000-acre ranch, when they had an encounter with the 800-pound reptile.
The Telegraph quoted Simon as saying: “I wasn’t afraid for a second. Next year I’m going to kill me a bigger alligator.”
He added: “My friends were proud of me and I was proud of myself. t’s humungous.”
Simon, who trained to shoot guns a year ago, is also adept in driving all-terrain vehicles.
His mother Toni Hughes said: “It sort of scares you to death because there are alligators, there are snakes, all sorts of things out there.
“What we thought was massive was a 10 foot alligator, and this one just dwarfs the 10 foot. It’s just so massive and prehistoric looking.”
Simon’s trophy - the alligator’s head will be mounted and bookshelves will also be made out of it. (ANI)
