A video of a fisherman showing off his skills in the Mato Grosso Pantanal has gone viral on the internet. But the reason is that the professional thought he had caught a large fish, but during the “struggle” to pull the animal out of the water, a frightening surprise awaited him: he really caught an alligator.

A fisherman thinks he’s caught a big fish, but gets a scary surprise – Photo: Reproduction/Instagram

The video was posted this Tuesday (21) on the Instagram page “Díaz de Pesca” and in a few hours it gained 3,000 likes and thousands of views.

In the pictures, the group watches a fisherman “struggle” to get what they thought was a big fish out of the river. Realizing that the fisherman was pulling and pulling, and the alleged fish still had not surfaced, they played. “From here to there, to the hotel, to Santa Rosa, we take him out,” says one of the members of the boat.

The fisherman continued to pull, even with the rope taut, and soon a “fish” appeared, which was actually an alligator that had bitten the fish that had taken the bait. Despite the frightening surprise, the members of the fishing party were amused by the situation. “Guys, what a fish,” said the woman.

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Watch the fight between a fisherman who thinks he caught a fish but it was actually an alligator – Video: Reproduction/Instagram