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An alligator's stomach was ripped open on Thursday, revealing bizarre contents, including the dog tag of a pooch that disappeared almost a quarter-century ago.
Alligators are carnivorous predators and are comfortable eating a wide variety of things, as evidenced by Thursday's discovery.
A 12-foot alligator was killed along the Edisto River in Charleston County, South Carolina after wandering onto private property.
It was then taken to Cordray's, a meat market outside of Ravenel that is capable of butchering and processing both livestock and wild game.
Cordray's posted about the alligator on Facebook, saying they 'don’t usually open up the stomach' of alligators, but they did this time.
They measured the alligator, which was 12 feet long and weighed a massive 445 pounds.
The only thing more shocking than the size of the alligator, however, was what was waiting for them inside.
First, there were several bobcat claws, suggesting that the alligator may have eaten at least one medium-sized cat.
There were also fragments of turtle shells, which likely found themselves defenseless from the massive predator.
Additionally, there was one spark plug and the metal jacket from a bullet, things an alligator definitely shouldn't be eating.
Arguably the most interesting discovery in the alligator's stomach were five identification tags for dogs.
While the tags don't necessarily mean the alligator ate the dogs, that could certainly be the case.
The writing on two of the dog tags were legible and one still had a working phone number attached.
When staff members of Cordray's called the working number, they heard from a man who lost a hound dog 24 years earlier while hunting in the same general area where the alligator was killed.
Cordray's will turn the meat into steaks, summer sausage, and jerky, while also making a mount using the alligator's skin.
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