PANOLA COUNTY, Texas — Lindale’s Bob Staton and his son, Robert, are no strangers to adventure. While they have traveled around the country hunting a myriad of animals their latest trip was homegrown on the Sabine River where the duo took an 11-foot, 400-pound alligator.
This adventure actually started in 1985 when the Statons were squirrel hunting along the old Sabine River channel. A then-10-year-old Robert was leaning back on a tree when he spotted a pair of eyes looking back at him from the water. He told his dad there was an alligator.
His father, in a cocksure tone, replied, “It’s just your mind playing tricks on you.”
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