The victim’s body was subsequently “recovered” when an alligator wrangler was called in to trap the rogue reptile.
“It was definitely a fight,” nuisance alligator trapper Robert Lilly said, recalling the capture. “[We] snagged him on the bottom. He never surfaced. He stayed down the whole time.”St. Lucie County Sheriff's OfficeSt. Lucie County Sheriff's OfficeHe added, “We were able to get a second hook in him and a hard line in him so we could get him up.”
Accompanying photos and footage show six people corralling the critter, before loading it into the back of a pickup truck. Experts estimated that the beast measured around 10 to 11-feet long and weighed between 600 and 700 pounds. The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office has reportedly closed several roads in the area, so they can launch a probe into the woman’s death.
While gators are reportedly not an uncommon sight in the area, neighbors claimed they had never witnessed an attack like that before.In another gator-related incident, authorities hauled aearly Sunday near an area popular with kiddies. Meghan Lalor, a rep for the Parks Department, said the reptile was likely an unwanted pet whose owner decided to release it in public waters.
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