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Alligator shot in Farmington's Stony Creek
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By AMBER DONATH
10/1/07 TOWN of FARMINGTON- A strange event took place in northern Washington County on Saturday, September 29, 2007.
Ed Long, of Greenfield, came out to visit his relative Herb Sagen and do some duck hunting on the public land adjacent to Sagen’s property.
While duck hunting in Stony Creek at the mouth of the north branch of the Milwaukee River, Long saw something swimming near him. He stopped to take another look and couldn’t believe his eyes. An alligator had floated to the surface and was swimming his way.
Not quite believing what he was seeing but knowing it wasn’t supposed to be there he did what many would do…take aim and shoot.
He now had proof of his story, a 41-inch alligator.
“I couldn’t believe it and knew no one else would,” said Long. “I went back to get Herb to show him. He didn’t believe me at first until he saw it. It’s all pretty amazing. A story of a lifetime.”
Sagen and Long brought the alligator back to Sagen’s home and called the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
The DNR said it receives a few calls a year about alligator sightings. Sometimes they capture them other times not. This time the DNR only needed to stop out and verify the story.
Long now has a unique trophy that probably no other Wisconsin hunter can claim. A Wisconsin alligator shot while duck hunting.
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