10.5-foot male alligator caught in Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp has mysterious hunchback and its missing a foot, team discovers.

The Trump and DeSantis administrations have characterized the region as a treacherous swamp where little more than alligators ...

Marty Welch, left, navigated an alligator-infested canal at Stephen C. Foster State Park in the Okefenokee Swamp. (Marty Welch; Marty Welch via Storyful) "That's a lot of alligators," he added.

Visitors to Louisianna might fear an alligator encounter, but if you steer clear of a swamp tour, you may miss the story of survival that keeps the region's most feared predators alive.

That's probably why you don't see dozens of alligators successfully hunted on Swamp People. Luckily, though, there is no prescription on the size of alligators that are hunted during the season.

10.5-foot male alligator caught in Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp has mysterious hunchback and its missing a foot, team discovers.

10.5-foot male alligator caught in Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp has mysterious hunchback and its missing a foot, team discovers.

10.5-foot male alligator caught in Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp has mysterious hunchback and its missing a foot, team discovers.

10.5-foot male alligator caught in Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp has mysterious hunchback and its missing a foot, team discovers.

10.5-foot male alligator caught in Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp has mysterious hunchback and its missing a foot, team discovers.