FARGO, Ga. – Hundreds of alligators were spotted mysteriously congregating for one day in a southern Georgia swamp this summer, leaving scientists perplexed.

In the rare sighting, about 300 alligators gathered in a boat basin between Stephen C. Foster State Park and Billy’s Lake within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

The reptiles began congregating in the channel on the morning of July 26 and had dispersed by the following morning, according to officials with the University of Georgia Coastal Ecology Lab.

Pictures of the congregation at night show the eyes of hundreds of alligators peering through the darkness and casting an eerie glow.

• next Image 1 of 4 Glowing eyes of alligators along the water's surface in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. (Indigo James Glaze, Wild

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