Longest alligator in Mississippi history captured by hunters

The captured alligator (Shane Smith/Red Antler Processing/AP)

A group of hunters have captured the longest alligator ever to be recorded in Mississippi, according to the US state’s department of wildlife, fisheries and parks.

Four men, Donald Woods, Will Thomas, Joey Clark and Tanner White, captured a male alligator on Saturday in west Mississippi’s Sunflower River.