A neighbor of hers at that complex, called Spanish Lakes Fairways, located in Fort Pierce, said she saw the victim trying to save the dog that had been attacked by the reptile.
An 85-year-old woman was killed by an alligator in Florida while walking her dog on the shore of a lake at a retirement complex.
A neighbor of hers at that complex, called Spanish Lakes Fairways, located in Fort Pierce, said she saw the victim trying to save the dog that had been attacked by the reptile.
But the alligator, 3 meters long, pulled her into the water as well.
“I remember him coming up to the surface and gasping for air. I told her to swim to a pedal boat and she replied: I can’t, the alligator is holding me”, said the neighbor, 77-year-old Carol, as reported by the local television channel WPBF.
Carol alerted the emergency services and went to help her friend holding a harpoon, but the woman “he was no longer there».
The dog was saved but its owner succumbed to her injuries, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Service (FWC) told the media, expressing its condolences to the relatives of the deceased.
The alligator was spotted by a local police helicopter and captured.
It weighed approx 300 kilos.
Alligators often make an appearance on Florida roads or lie and sunbathe on the grass, especially on golf courses.
But, according to the FWC, the chance of a State resident being injured by an alligator is one in 3.1 million.
Between 1948-2021 only 26 fatal attacks were recorded.
According to Carol the victim, a “discreet and kind» woman, she was a widow.
Source :Skai
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