Sun 24 September 2023:
A passer-by in Florida noticed an alligator with human remains in its mouth.
Jamarcus Bullard discovered the 13-foot lizard in a canal in Largo, roughly 20 miles west of Tampa.
Police in Largo, Florida, said they responded to a complaint of a body in a creek and that the 13-foot, 8.5-inch (4-meter) male alligator was “humanely killed” on Friday.
Officers recognized the body on Saturday but stated that “the manner and cause of death is pending,” and that the investigation was underway.
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According to witness Jamarcus Bullard, he observed a large alligator and a body in the creek and hurried to a neighboring fire station to report it.
“I threw a rock at the gator just to see if it was really a gator and like it pulled the body, like it was holding on to the lower part of the torso, and pulled it under the water,” he told a TV affiliate of NBC News, Sky News’ US partner network.
Jamarcus Bullard said he saw the alligator and a body in the water on Friday afternoon.
Bullard said he started recording on his phone and contacted the authorities.
A video he shared with the news station showed an officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission measuring the reptile.
“They put a rope around its neck and put it on a pulley of a truck,” he said. “They were reeling it in, but it started to pull the truck into the water.
“They got this long stick thing, pulled the head out of the water, then they shot it and once they reeled it all the way out, they stretched it out and measured it 13 feet long and they shot it again,” Bullard said.
No details about the deceased have yet been released and an investigation is under way.
The medical examiner’s office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
In the southeast of the United States, particularly in Florida, alligators are common.
A 69-year-old woman was killed by an alligator in South Carolina in July; according to police, the reptile guarded the victim’s body and repelled rescuers.
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