re: Sardis Lake has alligators?

When I was a kid growing up in central MS, there was a local family doctor who had a piece of property with a stunning lake on it. He loved to fish. Went fishing one time and looked down to see a water moccasin near his foot. The story goes that he shot at the snake but in the fear and chaos managed to hit his foot taking off one of his toes. He asked the local game warden what they would suggest to help rid the lake of snakes and he was told to get him some alligators. So he got a couple of alligators and put in his lake. Many years later when I was a teenager and got to go his lake to fish it was crawling with huge alligators, as well as snakes and we even saw a beaver or two. I don't know that the alligators got rid of anything, but they dang sure managed to thrive in that habitat. BTW it was a helluva fishing spot!