Texas College Student Takes Graduation Photos With Giant Alligator

A college senior in Texas posed for her graduation photos alongside a massive alligator. Mackenzie Noland, 21, majored in wildlife ecology and is spending her summer interning at an alligator sanctuary in Beaumont, Texas. He s one of my best friends here, she told Inside Edition. I thought it was a great way to commutate my summer here. Big Tex the gator is nearly 14 feet long and weighs 1, 000 pounds. She recently posted the photos with the caption: Not your typical graduation picture.