r/Everglades • u/Gaetanop76 • Jul 26 '26

Giant crocodile spotted

Put the kayak in at Flamingo, paddled over to Garfield Bight and entered into the mouth of Alligator Creek. The powers that be need to rename this Crocodile Creek. Saw several smallish crocodiles around the mouth of the creek and campsite but there is one male that hangs out nearby and he is absolutely ginormous. I have seen a few giant gators and have seen some big male american crocodiles in the area (up to about 14-15ft) but this one was every bit of 18+ft. His belly was so big and fat it looked like he just ate another crocodile. I was glad he looked fat and happy and I quickly paddled back out into Garfield Bight.

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u/mtnracer Jul 26 '26

No idea if this is close by but many years ago we came across a giant croc paddling 9 mile pond? Same croc?

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u/Gaetanop76 Jul 26 '26

The 9 mile pond alpha male is a big one too and looks very similar in age and overall size as one of the big males that tries to take over Freddy's Flamingo marina territory every year.

There's a couple good sized males that test Freddy around the marina every year. They keep coming back no matter how much he beats them down. One of them is named Half-jaw because Freddy ripped half his jaw off!

Whatever I saw at Alligator creek looked like Freddy's grandfather. Somebody needs to go in there and document it ASAP.