My brother-in-law lives on the coast and had some property on an inlet. An alligator started hanging around and was getting too close to the children. He consul

My brother-in-law lives on the coast and had some property on an inlet. An alligator started hanging around and was getting too close to the children. He consulted with one of the local game wardens who told him "If there are kids threatened, go ahead and shoot it" (this was outside of hunting season) So the following weekend he was in an aluminum jon-boat with an AK-47 waiting for it to surface (I swear he's not a redneck). When it did, he fired a round, hitting it in the skull. But that didn't kill it, so he emptied the magazine into it and that did it in. He found the skull at low tide several months later after the crabs had picked it clean. The AK round had ricocheted off the bone, leaving a divot behind. They're tough creatures.