Case file · Cryptid
Two-Toed Tom
Legend tells of a giant alligator missing toes from one foot, said to have killed livestock and people in the marshes along the Alabama–Florida line from the 1920s.
1920 CE · 30.98, -85.65 · status: legend
The account
Stories say farmers tried shooting and even dynamiting it in a pond. The town of Esto, Florida, holds a Two-Toed Tom festival.
The sceptical view
Large alligators lose toes in traps and fights; the tale has grown in retelling and no specimen is known.