Snapping turtle

Justin Broomhall took a Sunday fishing trip to Lake Cherokee with his father and his son. Little did he know they would make the catch of a lifetime. The Longview, Texas resident hooked a massive alligator snapping turtle on Father's Day, the biggest he's ever seen. "My dad was like 'Holy smokes, look at the size of that!'" Broomhall said. "My three-year-old son started panicking. He thought it was a dinosaur and kept saying, 'Let it go. Let it go. Put it back!'" Broomhall was using dough bait in hopes of reeling in a catfish, he said. However, "from [the turtle] being so old and going blind, he's using his smell to find bait," he said. "I guess he felt it, thinking it was some other dead fish and he ate it." The enormous creature weighed in around 200 lbs and was likely between 100 to 150 years old, estimated Broomhall, who works at Whitaker Plumbing in Carthage, Texas. "I do a lot of lifting. I was a bodybuilder in high school and 200 lbs to me is pretty easy to pick up," he … [Read more...] about Texas man catches massive alligator snapping turtle, then releases it back into the wild

close Video Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines 7/27 Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what clicked this week in entertainment. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Machine Gun Kelly is opening up about his struggles with mental health. The singer, born Colson Baker, got candid about how his life took a downward spiral after his father’s death in 2020 in his new Hulu documentary "Life in Pink," which premiered on Monday. "I flew to my dad’s apartment to clear all this stuff out," the 32-year-old recalled. "I had this really weird interaction with this neighbor who told me all these things I didn’t want to hear. That f---- me up even more because I couldn’t get closure on it. I wouldn’t leave my room and I started getting really, really, really dark." According to the "Papercuts" artist, his father died on the first anniversary of his "Hotel Diablo" album release. At the … [Read more...] about Machine Gun Kelly called Megan Fox during suicide attempt: ‘I just f—ing snapped’

0 Politics & Government Zoo Miami is opened and operating the new Sea Turtle Hospital, working closely with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Press Release Desk , News Partner Posted Reply Press release from the Miami-Dade County Government: June 29, 2022 Zoo Miami has opened and is operating the new Sea Turtle Hospital. Working closely with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and with funding provided by the Zoo Miami Foundation, Zoo Miami has been able to construct a facility that consists of five saltwater enclosures which will serve as “recovery beds” for up to 16 sea turtles that are brought to the facility for treatment. This press release was produced by the Miami-Dade County Government . The views expressed here are the author’s own. Thank Reply Share Miami-Dade County Government: Sea Turtle Hospital … [Read more...] about Miami-Dade County Government: Sea Turtle Hospital Open At Zoo Miami

Jamahal Hill suffered a horrifying injury during his Saturday night UFC 263 fight against Paul Craig. Early in the highly-anticipated fight against Craig, Hill snapped his arm and still managed to continue fighting. (RELATED: David Hookstead Is The True King In The North When It Comes To College Football) For those of you without a weak stomach, you can watch the video below. Paul Craig breaks Jamahal Hill’s left arm and gets the TKO pic.twitter.com/q97p6YNKWS — Will (@ChillemDafoe) June 13, 2021 I seriously don’t understand how Hill continued to fight after his arm was snapped. Seriously, that dude must have massive guts because most people would have immediately quit. Yet, he tried to continue to scrap for as long as he could. If that’s not impressive, then I don’t know what is. STOP THE FUCKING FIGHT WTF!!!! HE BROKE HIS FUCKING ARM AND KEPT FIGHTING BACK WTF #UFC263 respect to hill and Paul Craig holy pic.twitter.com/oNH0eG8nGA — dez … [Read more...] about Jamahal Hill Snaps His Arm Against Paul Craig In Disgusting Fashion

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 4 ST. CATHERINES ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Wildfires sparked by lightning have scorched hundreds of acres on this unspoiled island off the Georgia coast, where crews are battling to protect plantation ruins, the remnants of a 16th century Spanish mission and archaeological sites that have yielded human artifacts thousands of years old. St. Catherines Island has long been prized as an ecological and historic coastal treasure. Giant sea turtles nest on its beaches and ring-tailed lemurs, brought to the island decades ago, live in its dense forest. Slave quarters made from oyster-shell tabby survive on the island, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of Savannah, as does the home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Protected for decades under ownership of a private foundation, St. Catherines Island has seen roughly 15% of its land area burn since a lightning storm sparked fires … [Read more...] about Wildfire threatens unspoiled Georgia island rich in history

As the first week of summer delivers a heat wave to parts of the U.S., it also brings “incredibly high temperatures” to the Gulf of Mexico, leading experts to warn that if such hot weather persists, it could spell trouble for the still-nascent hurricane season. On Wednesday, some 155 million people across the country were expected to face high temperatures above 90 degrees, with 17 million set to experience highs above 100, according to NBC News meteorologist Kathryn Prociv. The hot weather will stretch through Thursday and possibly into the weekend across the Southeast, Gulf Coast and Florida, Prociv said, where Atlanta and Florida cities Pensacola, Tallahassee and Jacksonville are all forecast to hit or come close to their first 100-degree day in three years. Other Southern cities — including Dallas; Houston; New Orleans; Memphis, Tennessee; and Nashville, Tennessee — could set record highs in the coming days, Prociv said. While undoubtedly unbearable on land, such … [Read more...] about Warm Gulf water raises a concern in hurricane season as heat wave spreads across South