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A Mississippi man caught a 13-foot, 6-inch alligator weighing 702 pounds on the Pascagoula River.

The hunter, Donald Pittman, was assisted by a team of six other people in two boats.

The group initially hooked the alligator thinking it was a smaller one, but realized its massive size after it pulled their boats.

The alligator was so large that its tail slap against a boat sounded like a gunshot to the hunters.

A Mississippi man's alligator season was going well when he landed a gator measuring almost 7 feet long, but the following night he bagged a huge alligator that dwarfed the first and created an experience the hunter will never forget.

"It's a monster," said Donald Pittman of Richton. "It was like pulling on a log — like nothing I've ever encountered in my

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