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A hunter named Cole Poplin finally captured an enormous alligator called "Snaggletooth" after four years of pursuit. The gator was caught on Monday night at Lake Moultrie in South Carolina, measuring 14 feet and weighing 844 pounds, making it the second-largest ever recorded in the state. Poplin and his team struggled to subdue and lift the massive creature onto their boat before successfully harpooning it multiple times. The article highlights this significant catch as a record-breaking achievement.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-02,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Cole Poplin and William Ard, both from Renegade Bowfishing, caught a massive alligator nicknamed "Snaggletooth" in Lake Moultrie, South Carolina, on Monday night at around 11 p.m. The gator weighed an astounding 844 pounds and measured nearly 14 feet long, making it the second-largest alligator ever caught in the state. Poplin had been tracking this particular gator since 2022. The team used harpoons to catch Snaggletooth, with three of them sticking into the animal during the capture. Hunters Chris and Craig Webb joined Poplin and Ard for the hunt. After the successful capture, a tractor was needed to move the giant reptile due to its immense weight.
Written for “Giant Alligator Capture” on 2026-10-05,
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A humongous alligator pulled from a South Carolina lake after a years-long pursuit shattered records when the 14-foot beast weighed in at a jaw-dropping 844 pounds.
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The colossal critter, nicknamed “Snaggletooth,” was confirmed as the state’s second-biggest gator ever caught after hunters bagged him at Lake Moultrie on Monday, according to The Post and Courier.
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The giant gator was harpooned by Cole Poplin and William Ard of Renegade Bowfishing, who were hunting with clients Chris and Craig Webb, at around 11 p.m., according to the paper.
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Poplin said the rogue reptile had been his white whale since 2022.
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reptile → say → 2022
“I spotted this gator four years ago, roughly,” Poplin told the paper.
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Poplin → spot → paper
“I’ve hunted this gator a lot over the last three or four years.
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I → hunt → years
Four years later, we have a magical night, and he just happened to slip up and make a mistake, and we made it count.”
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it → have → mistake
The hunters struggled at first to capture the beast and hoist it onto their boat, they said.
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they → struggle → boat
“On the last bit of ground to cover Cole and I put eyes on a monster and all hell broke loose,” Webb wrote in a Facebook post.
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Webb → cover → post
“We scrambled to get him harpooned.
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him → scramble → ?
One was good, one bounced off.
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We ended up with 3 stuck in him and a treble by his front leg.”
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He said the group measured the gator at “14 feet on the nose” and it later weighed in at 844 pounds — the state’s second-largest ever, according to the paper.
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“STATE RECORD BABY!” Webb celebrated in the post.
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The biggest alligator ever caught in South Carolina was a 1,025-pound, 13-footer bagged by Maryellen Mara-Christian at Lake Moultrie in 2010.
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alligator → catch → 2010
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