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8-Year-Old Florida Boy Kills 11-Foot Alligator: Report
"Whenever they're big, I'm just like I want to get this gator," Grayson Chantley reportedly said.
POLK COUNTY, FL — A young boy from Polk County hunted and killed an 11-foot alligator while hunting with his father, WPTV reported.
The 8-year=old Grayson Chantley was woken up around midnight for the hunt by his father, Kevin Chantley, the report said. The pair encountered the animal at Lake Kissimmee last month and videotaped the kill.
"Whenever they're big, I'm just like I want to get this gator," the younger Chantley told the news station.
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