Alligator kills woman, 69, in SC and is found guarding mutilated body
Woman, 69, walking her dog is killed by an alligator near edge of lagoon near her home and her body was found being guarded by the beast – one week after wild gator lunged at man in same neighborhood
- An alligator has killed a 69-year-old woman in South Carolina on Tuesday
- The beast was found guarding the victim’s mutilated body at the edge of a lagoon near her home and a golf course on Hilton Head Island
- The woman was walking her dog when the alligator attacked and killed her, marking the second fatal gator attack in the county in less than a year
An 9-foot alligator killed a 69-year-old woman in South Carolina on Tuesday morning.
The woman was walking her dog when the alligator attacked and killed her, marking the second fatal gator attack in the county in less than a year.
The beast was found guarding the victim’s mutilated body at the edge of a lagoon near her home and Spanish Wells Golf Club on Hilton Head Island.
‘Rescue efforts were made and an alligator appeared and was guarding the woman, interrupting emergency efforts,’ the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said.
‘The gator was safely removed from the area and the woman’s body was recovered.’
An alligator killed a 69-year-old woman in South Carolina on Tuesday. The woman was walking her dog when the alligator attacked and killed her, marking the second fatal gator attack in the county in less than a year
Police along with Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue, Beaufort County Coroner’s Office and Spanish Wells security personnel were called in for a report of a possible alligator attack near a lagoon bordering the golf course.
Authorities responded at about 9:30 am to the attack which occurred near the Spanish Wells community on Hilton Head Island.
Hilton Head Island is in upscale neighborhood in Beaufort County and is consistently ranked one of the best places to live in South Carolina.
Despite rescue efforts being made in an attempt to save the woman, the alligator reappeared and guarded the woman, disrupting the emergency response.
Gloria Serge, 85, was killed in February when she tried to rescue her beloved dog, Trooper, from a 10 foot gator. Video released later shows as Serge tried to get her dog away from the alligator’s jaws but the gator grabbed her instead and could be seen dragging her into the lake
Serge’s pup survived the attacked, but the gator was later captured and euthanized after it mauled the elderly woman to death near a pond in Florida last February
Serge (pictured) was a grandmother living in the Spanish Lakes Fairways retirement community in Fort Pierce, Florida, when she was killed by an alligator in February
The woman was found unresponsive and presumed dead.
The woman’s body was recovered and the gator was removed safely from the area.
The Beaufort County Coroner’s Office is expected to perform an autopsy on the woman.
It is unclear at this point where the woman was taken into the water. The condition of the woman’s dog is also unknown at this time.
South Carolina alligator attacks have increased in recent years.
The state went years without having many alligator attacks, then in 2022, South Carolina had five reported alligator attacks, two of which were fatal.
In February of this year, an 85-year-old woman was mauled to death by a ten-foot alligator as she tried to rescue her dog from the reptile’s clutches near a pond in Florida.
Gloria Serge, 85, was killed when she tried to rescue her beloved dog, Trooper, from the reptile’s clutches.
Video shows the moment the alligator bursts from the water and lunges at the woman’s dog – who is aptly named Trooper.
The attack unfolded in front of a neighbor who frantically called 911 as she tried to help the woman.
Serge’s pup survived the attacked, but the gator was later captured and euthanized.
The pensioner had been walking her dog by the pond at the Spanish Lakes Fairways community in Fort Pierce when the 700lb alligator launched itself from the water and grabbed the canine.
The woman had tried to get the dog away from the alligator’s jaws when the reptile attacked her, dragging her into the pond, an eyewitness told CBS News.
And just last week, a 13-year-old survived an attack from an alligator where the reptile only let go of his right leg after the teenager punched him in Florida.
Gabriel Klimis was playing with friends at Howell Creek near Orlando.
He jumped off a bridge using a rope to attempt to cross the creek when he felt something.
Last week, an alligator lunged at a fisherman by a South Carolina pond before he ran to safety. Surveillance video shows the fisherman standing on the grassy edge of a pond patiently waiting to catch a fish when suddenly an alligator emerges
Last week, a 13-year-old survived an attack from an alligator where the reptile only let go of his right leg after the teenager punched him in Florida. The teen was taken to a local hospital and given stitches on his leg and is anticipated to make a full recovery
Gabriel Klimis (pictured right), 13, was playing with friends at Howell Creek near Orlando last week when he was attacked by the gator, shown here
The gator hung on to his right leg, with Klimis fully understanding the danger he was in.
Also last week, an alligator lunged at a fisherman by a South Carolina pond before he ran to safety.
The moment he ran from the beast was caught on camera.
The video was captured by a tourist who was visiting the Shipyard on Hilton Head Island with his family last week.
Micah Kimberlin said he was on a bike ride with his wife and three children when spotted the gator.
Surveillance video shows the fisherman standing on the grassy edge of the pond with his fishing rod in hand when suddenly the gator emerges and lunges towards him.
The man was seen running away from the lake in the other direction as a nearbye woman holding a camera also bolts from the harried scene. The man managed to escape without injury.
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