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Monday, April 28, 2008

Exhibit honors beloved alligator

The most famous resident of the Okefenokee Swamp Park will soon be immortalized. The skeleton of Oscar the alligator is being assembled for display at the park's museum in Waycross. Experts say Oscar was about 90 years old when he died last year. An autopsy revealed Oscar had survived three bullet wounds to the head, a shotgun blast to the face, broken bones and arthritis.

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