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Alligator wrestling at the Vermont State Fair

Friday September 5, 2008
Nina Keck

Rutland, VT

As kids, David Castilla and his older brother Gil loved everything about snakes and reptiles.  Growing up in Tampa, Florida, the boys' passion eventually led to jobs working with snakes at a local theme park.  It was there that they were first exposed to alligators.   The brothers eventually turned their love for the large reptiles into a traveling show.  

VPR's Nina Keck caught up with David Castilla performing his midday alligator show at the Vermont State Fair.

 

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