People on social media are going crazy over a massive alligator recorded Sunday at a nature reserve in Polk County. The alligator was recorded crossing a path Sunday at the Circle B Bar Reserve, a protected wildlife area near Lakeland. The woman who filmed the gator, Kim Joiner, told WESH 2 News it is the biggest alligator she has ever seen. Joiner shared the video in a Facebook post Sunday, and it has since been shared more than 12,000 times. Regular visitors to the Circle B Bar Reserve say the big gator makes his presence known often. With help from the regulars, WESH 2 News crews were able to find the alligator in question. It was sun bathing not far from where the video was filmed. The regulars said the gator in the viral video is not only enormous, but has a unique hump in his back. The size of the gator is unknown, but after seeing the video online Monday, Shirley Arnold decided to bring a tape measure to the reserve and figure out the monster's size herself. Arnold said that by using the markings on the ground she determined the gator is 14 feet. Most say the monster is probably closer to 12 feet.

People on social media are going crazy over a massive alligator recorded Sunday at a nature reserve in Polk County.

The alligator was recorded crossing a path Sunday at the Circle B Bar Reserve, a protected wildlife area near Lakeland.


The woman who filmed the gator, Kim Joiner, told WESH 2 News it is the biggest alligator she has ever seen.

Joiner shared the video in a Facebook post Sunday, and it has since been shared more than 12,000 times.

Regular visitors to the Circle B Bar Reserve say the big gator makes his presence known often.

With help from the regulars, WESH 2 News crews were able to find the alligator in question. It was sun bathing not far from where the video was filmed.

The regulars said the gator in the viral video is not only enormous, but has a unique hump in his back.

The size of the gator is unknown, but after seeing the video online Monday, Shirley Arnold decided to bring a tape measure to the reserve and figure out the monster's size herself.

Arnold said that by using the markings on the ground she determined the gator is 14 feet.

Most say the monster is probably closer to 12 feet.