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| Giant Alligators & Crocodiles |
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| Waves Surf and Sport Surf City, NC |
Alligator Three Lakes, WI |
Gatorland Orlando, FL |
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The Waves Surf and Sport shop features a giant, modern gator mouth entrance.
This Alligator is not all that giant-sized but I'll include him anyway. He lies in front of Bonack's Safari World Taxidermy. For more, see their website. Gatorland opened in 1949. The gator mouth entrance was built in 1962. In 2006, there was a major fire at this tourist attraction. The gator mouth was damaged but soon restored. It no longer functions as the entrance but stands alongside it. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Swampy Christmas, FL |
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| Swampy was constructed in 1992 (another source says 1989). At 200 feet long, he is the largest alligator ever built. He stands in front of Jungle Adventures which has 20 acres of wild animal exhibits and shows. Swampy's mouth once acted as the entrance but it was converted to a ticket booth after a lawsuit by Gatorland (described above) for its similar design. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [top row photos 2005; bottom rows 2009] |
| Giant Gator Kissimmee, FL |
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The Kissimmee Gator is second to Swampy in terms of length at 126 feet long. This gator holds a Jeep in his mouth and stands in front of what was JungleLand, a wild animal park and alligator farm which closed in 2002. Next door to this guy is the Gator Motel.
The most famous alligator attraction in FL is Gatorland in Orlando. It has been around since 1949. |
| Corky Bell's Seafood Palatka, FL |
Standing Gator Homestead, FL |
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Corky Bell's Seafood features a gator mailbox.
This Standing Gator stands in the lot next to the Mutineer Restaurant. It appears that the business it was associated with is gone. These statues were mass-produced. |
| Alligator Park El Paso, TX |
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| Alligator Park, aka the Plaza de los Lagartos, features a tribute to the alligators that once lived in a pond in San Jacinto Plaza from 1883 until the 1960s. The fiberglass fountain statues were created by Luis Jimenez and installed in 1995. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Alligator Belleville, MI |
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| This giant Alligator is installed on the roof of the Bayou Grill. It has been here since at least 2006. For more, see this website. |
| Crocogator Globe, AZ |
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| This concrete Crocogator is believed to have been built in the 1930s for a gas station which is long gone. |
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