At Ripley's Odditorium in Williamsburg, Virginia (yes, it's a tourist trap), they have the skinned carcass of a 12-foot alligator killed outside of Lafayette, Louisiana in 2003.
Inside the enormous beast were 10 dog collars and one dog harness -- all pretty recent meals, by the look of the dog collars, which are now pinned along the top edge of the skin.
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A very reputable herper (someone who is a reptile enthusiast) once told me if you wanted to gator watch go down to a body of water near sunset, about 12-14 feet from the water get down on all 4's and bark like a dog.
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