A summer day of fishing turned unforgettable for a group of 12-year-old friends from Livonia when they reeled in a rare, dinosaur-like fish from a neighborhood pond.
If this doesn’t remind you of Stand by Me, we just can’t be friends.
The five boys were hanging out at Jaycee Park’s retention pond, hoping to catch a few bluegill. Instead, they pulled in the catch of a lifetime: a massive alligator gar, a toothy, prehistoric-looking fish not native to Michigan waters.
🎥 Watch: Livonia Boy Shows Size of Rare Catch
We don’t have an official measurement, but Nathan Wilson gives us a sense of its size in the video below, stretching his arms wide…