85 year old woman gets taken-down by an alligator...

I read the news the other day about a woman who lost her life by an alligator near her house in Fort Pierce, Florida. Photos were posted of the Florida Wildlife Commission taking the creature away.
The followup story shows surveillance video of the event. Well, most of it.
She was walking her dog along the sloped edge to a pond when the alligator came directly toward them. The dog was on a leash behind the woman. When the gator went for the dog, he ran forward putting the alligator at the feet of the woman.
A neighbor was an eyewitness and called 911 stating the alligator had already submerged the woman into the water.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement. "Serious injuries caused by alligators are rare in Florida."

...and chatillion who lives in Florida said "I know BS when I read it. Because, incidents with alligators happen a few times a year"





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The story mentions the alligator was killed and the dog survived.
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Looks so weird to have old slow folk next to a pond of fast deadly alligators.
How come Chatillion, is it to add to the excitement of old folks rather dull lives?
Natural selction...haha. Perhgaps secretly that is how the owners of the facility keeps some circulation of recidents, that could be.
Is this good or bad??
A bit of both.
Someone has to adopt the dog.
The undertaker just signed up a new client.
Your alligator boots will be ready in 3 weeks.
Usually the alligators are small and non-aggressive. This one was longer than 10 feet and should have been relocated to the Everglades reserve, many miles from a residential area.
They don't get to be that size 'overnight' so someone wasn't doing their job.

Sharks...?
My daughter went to the beach on Sunday and sent me photos of a helicopter landing on the rear deck of a large ship. She included a video of a baby shark (about 4 feet long) less than 10 feet from the shoreline.
Yeah, we got-um too!
Often, I suspect, it is human stupidity - venturing into the water. By comparison with shark attacks I suspect the croc deaths are rather more.
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Bloody hell, the poor woman sad flower
My guy lived in Florida for a while. He said there was a retention pond that gators were in. And big signs that warned beware! So why didnt this lake have them. She lived there. They said everyone knew about the gator, even named it. WTH? Yes..why WASN"T it removed? Simple is always look around and beware of your environment. That is in nature or city.
Nobody deserves to die like this. I wish more precautions had been taken and the old woman was alive today.so sorry for what happened there.


An attorney’s opinion on the matter.

I have gators in the lake behind me....They sun themselves on the bank....

My neighbors and I text each other when we see one in or out of the lake....
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