what lies beneh,urassic these hunters are struggling to reel a writng, 11-foot alligator into their 18itea captured massive monsters, sparking headlines across the nation. >> this massive gator tped the scales at 7,140 1/2 pounds. >> reporter: just the past weekend, the stoke family in alabama, captured a true behemoth. 1,011.5 pounds, the biggest caught ever. and next door in mississippi, meet beth trammell and her family of unusual gator huntsers. her son, parker, and brother-in-law, shawn. they caught this 723-pounder. and just an hour later, justin and his team wrangled this one. four pounds heavier. so, on this night, we hit the pitch-black swamps of mississippi, with the ordinary suburban family, turned reptile wranglers. paralegal by day. alligator hunter by night. >> alligator queen. >> reporter: the alligator queen and family capturing that gator on their first night ever. it sounds like you're -- >> yes. >> reporter: sometimes? >> it looks like it. it's like the loch ness monster. >> reporter: were you ever scared? >> yes. very scared. he pulled us around in circles for an ho