A fisherman in Texas reeled in a massive alligator snapping turtle while he was celebrating Father’s Day
Justin Broomhall, 25, of Longview, Texas was fishing for catfish at Lake Cherokee that Sunday evening, around 7:30 p.m., with his 3-year-old son Lakestine, his dad Michael Broomhall, Sr., and his fiancé’s dad, James Elliott.“All of a sudden, they just vanished,” Broomhall said.
When Broomhall realized he had caught an alligator snapping turtle — which is a threatened species, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife — he knew he had to let it go. To make sure he got the turtle on shore, Broomhall stepped into the water and grabbed the turtle’s leg and tail — while his dad grabbed the belt loop on his pants.
“It looked like an alligator tried to take a chunk out of his tail,” he said. “He was already missing a couple of little fingers.”
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