Big enough to kill and eat ya'. That's scary. It just goes to show you that nobody really knows how big Gar's and Muskies and many other fresh water fish can get.
How could it be fake if it's so old?...they didn't have photoshop back then.
I love seeing the huge gar, but find it sad too. People always have to kill and take the largest fish until there's none left.
I hear many large fish are no longer being found at larger sizes.