- Elderly woman was walking along a golf course near her home in southwest Florida.
- She slipped and fell into a pond, and she “struggled to stay afloat,” officials say.
- Two alligators were observed near the victim and grabbed her while in the water, they say.
In southwest Florida, a woman was strolling along a golf; course near her home when she tripped and fell into a pond; where she was fatally attacked by two large alligators.
The elderly woman, who has not been recognised, “struggled to keep afloat” after falling into the pond; according to a statement from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.
The statement said, “While in the water, two alligators were sighted around the victim; and eventually seized her while in the water.”
Around 8 p.m. on Friday, the tragedy took place at the Boca Royale Golf and Country Club in Englewood; which is located about 30 miles south of Sarasota.
Soon after, her corpse was discovered, and the authorities pronounced her dead there.
The two suspect alligators got a transfer as part of the investigation by an alligator trapper; from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, according to the sheriff’s office. One of the alligators was 8 feet 10 inches long and the other was 7 feet 7 inches.
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The wildlife agency issued a statement saying, “The FWC and Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office; will work cooperatively on this investigation until the cause of death is of in any knowledge; by the Sarasota County Medical Examiner’s Office.
According to the country club’s website, it is in a 1,000-acre private neighbourhood; with lakes and natural areas.
According to its website, the Boca Royale Golf and Country Club is a private community; of over 1,000 acres in south Sarasota County containing houses, lakes, golfing, and nature preserves. On the site, there are roughly 1,000 houses, some of which are on the lake.
Because the inquiry is still underway, the country club’s general manager, Doug Foote, declined to comment. He did, however, inform the Sarasota Herald-Tribune that there were alligator caution signs; put close to the lake.
There are too many gators in the region, one local told the Tribune.
In this state, fatal alligator attacks are uncommon. According to the Wildlife Commission, Florida documented 442 unprovoked alligator bite incidences; between 1948 and 2021; 26 of these incidents ended in fatalities.
An 11-foot alligator in a country club neighbourhood in Myrtle Beach; South Carolina, lured a man into a retention pond where he was murdered last month.
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