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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 06:20 PM Aug 2018

South Carolina woman walking dog killed by alligator

(Reuters) - A 45-year-old woman walking her dog in South Carolina died on Monday after being snatched and dragged underwater by an 8-foot (2.44-meter) alligator, the county sheriff’s office said. A witness called police to report an alligator was attacking a woman at a lagoon on Hilton Head Island, a popular tourist destination, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.

Police recovered her body and identified the victim as Cassandra Cline of Hilton Head Island. The alligator believed to be responsible for the attack was captured and killed, said Robert McCullough, a captain for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
The dog was not harmed, the authorities said.

Alligators typically roll their victim beneath the water’s surface until their prey stops breathing, before stashing the body to eat later. Alligator attacks are uncommon in the United States, where the majority of animal-related deaths are caused by farm animals, hornets, wasps, bees and dogs, according to a study published in March.

In June, a nearly 13-foot alligator in Florida killed a woman in an attack, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. Two years ago, an alligator snatched a 2-year-old boy from the edge of a lake at the Walt Disney World resort in Florida. His parents tried to save the child but were unable to free him.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-south-carolina-alligator/south-carolina-woman-walking-dog-killed-by-alligator-idUSKCN1L51UH

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South Carolina woman walking dog killed by alligator (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Aug 2018 OP
That's terrible! The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #1
At Mar-a-Lago? murielm99 Aug 2018 #2
You never know. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #6
We were on Captiva Island were alligators are in the water hazards on the golf course. wasupaloopa Aug 2018 #3
I have a gattor in the pond in my back yard. liberal N proud Aug 2018 #5
This is very local for me, like right down the road liberal N proud Aug 2018 #4
 

wasupaloopa

(4,516 posts)
3. We were on Captiva Island were alligators are in the water hazards on the golf course.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 09:13 PM
Aug 2018

Men with rifles stand by to shoot them if they go after golfers.

liberal N proud

(60,302 posts)
4. This is very local for me, like right down the road
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 10:02 PM
Aug 2018

People, if you live in the South and are near water, there are likely gators.

But what happens when some idiot gets attacked? They kill the gattor.

We encroached on their environment and they pay the price.

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