4.2 Meter Alligator Caught Carrying Human Body in Florida: Witness Recounts Shocking Incident

CLEARWATER, KOMPAS.com – A 4.2 meter long alligator was caught carrying a human body on Friday (22/9/2023) in the state of Florida, United States (US).

The witness first saw the reptile carrying a human body in its mouth on a residential street in Largo, a small settlement south of the city of Clearwater.

“I knew there were human remains in his mouth, so I started recording,” witness JaMarcus Bullard told Spectrum Bay News 9.

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Bullard, who was on his way to a job interview, then contacted the Largo Fire Department located just steps away from the scene.

Emergency personnel quickly pulled the crocodile from the water and shot it several times, continued Bullard, quoted from New York Post.

The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the victim and the alligator were pulled out of the canal, but did not say whether they shot him.

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This area, near the popular Ridgecrest Park, includes a 5-acre lake known as an alligator nest.

According to local resident Jennifer Dean, alligators often roam the neighborhood, but the one killed was one of the largest she had ever encountered.

Investigators are still investigating the cause of death of the Florida resident who was in the alligator’s mouth.

Also read: Wanting to be close to alligators, woman in US dies in attack

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2023-09-23 16:53:00
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