It took several people to coerce the 12.5-foot alligator named Bruce from a modified horse trailer into his new enclosure at Colorado Gators Reptile Park in Mosca. Jay Young, the owner at Colorado Gators, says Bruce is the largest alligator in the West. Photo courtesy of Jay Young.Provided by Jay Young Jay Young measures successful missions with intact digits. “I can still count to 10 without taking off my shoes,” says the owner of the San Luis Valley’s Colorado Gators Reptile Park who this week traveled to Idaho to retrieve what is likely the largest alligator in the West. “It was quite an adventure,” Young said.