Smiths drag 12-foot 'Big John' from their backyard pond.
Stephen and Amy Smith with ‘Big John’ a 12-foot alligator they hunted and caught in the 15-acre pond behind their home off Lake Jeffery Road. (COURTESY STEPHEN AND AMY SMITH)
Exhausted from the five-hour struggle against the beast, Amy Smith felt a shiver in her spine when “Big John” was dragged out of the water.
She didn’t think it would be that big. Seeing the full …
