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Woman deceased after alligator attack on Hilton Head Island this morning. (South Carolina)
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| 8/20/2018
| police report
Posted on 08/20/2018 10:37:38 AM PDT by sodpoodle
At approximately 9:30 this morning, Sheriff's Office deputies,Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue and Sea Pines Security personnel responded to a lagoon off of Wood Duck Road in Sea Pines Plantation to a report of an alligator attacking a woman inside of a lagoon. When they arrived, fire personnel located the deceased woman inside of the lagoon and recovered her body, while deputies interviewed witnesses. Witness accounts indicate that the womanwho will be identified after her next of kin are notifiedwas walking her dog near the lagoon when she was attacked and pulled underwater by the alligator.
The Sheriff's Office Environmental Crimes Unit, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Sea Pines Security are on-scene searching for the alligatorreported to be approximately 8 feet in length. Additional information regarding the search for the alligator will be released later. Beaufort County Coroner Edward Allen scheduled an autopsy to be performed at the Medical University of South Carolina to determine the cause of the woman's death. The deceased woman's dog did not appear to be harmed during the incident.
TOPICS: Outdoors; Society
KEYWORDS: alligator; endangered; gator; hiltonhead; swamppeople
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To: LibertyOh
****Animal control people came and got it, just relocated it somewhere else.****
Time to stop ‘shooing’ and start shootin’
To: Hyman Roth
Never walk your dog near the water where gators are present.The dog survived in this case. So dogs, never walk your humans where gators are present.
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posted on
08/20/2018 10:58:29 AM PDT
by
FreeReign
(Rudy: Sessions is recused from everything)
To: boycott
The really big ones can be aggressive.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:00:31 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Consensus isn't science.)
To: Red Badger
Lots of tourists in HH with no clue — and no interest (until now!) in the tourism industry there educating them.
To: Red Badger
No doubt. The record in Alabama is 15’9”. I was just surprised an 8’er would attack a person. I find this concerning knowing how many 10’ and 12’ gators we have in my area.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:01:37 AM PDT
by
boycott
To: Rebelbase
Fake .. fake ... fake ... fake ...
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:02:19 AM PDT
by
boycott
To: boycott
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:02:51 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Consensus isn't science.)
To: 9YearLurker
Lawsuit?............................
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:03:27 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon)
To: Hyman Roth
Never walk your dog near the water where gators are present. Especially a Bulldog.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:07:01 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: sodpoodle
I live 10 miles from where this happened. We always have 4-8 foot (up to 12') alligators in the ponds. I live on such a pond. Our "association" does not allow us to kill the pond weeds (3-4'tall) around the ponds for environmental reasons and I "might" go to jail if I shoot my neighbor but I "WILL" go to jail if I shoot an alligator.
The weeds have mysteriously died along my property's edge with the pond. At least I can see the gators now to avoid them. I bought this property because I like to fish in my back yard. You cannot go near the ponds if the gators have cover, they are ambush predators. These things should be shot on sight above 5 feet. Killing a snake is now against the law, these things are also REPTILES, just a helluva lot larger and a helluva lot more dangerous! I just hope the next victim is an environmentalist.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:07:11 AM PDT
by
ThePatriotsFlag
(We are getting even more than we voted for.)
To: Rebelbase
I may have to get some pet jaguars.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:07:11 AM PDT
by
boycott
To: Hyman Roth
Lady walking her dog got grabbed a month ago in Ft. Lauderdale.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:08:10 AM PDT
by
Keyhopper
(Indians had bad immigration laws)
To: Rebelbase
I may have to get some pet jaguars.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:09:02 AM PDT
by
boycott
To: Red Badger
Even if she was a recent Yankee -- when my dad was stationed in Florida when I was 3 my first thought was "there are alligators here." I was terrified. I checked our swimming pool every time I was going forna swim.
And boy, I was NOT a smart child. I can't imagine an adult who is stupid enough not to know what predators exist in their locale.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:09:47 AM PDT
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
( Flag burners can go screw -- I'm mighty PROUD of that ragged old flag)
To: boycott
From the movie “Lake Placid” about a giant alligator.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:13:53 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: boycott
...anything 8’ of hungry is dangerous..
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:16:55 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Man’s laws have created this problem. I was a kid in S. Fla. in the 70’s and swam, tromped, dived and waded every bit of shore, lake and swamp available.
Gators were scared of man at the time and would flee. There was a swimming hole on a creek in a mangrove swamp that had a resident alligator. The first thing we’d do is all jump in off the high bank and do a cannonball splash. The gator would take off and we’d have the place to ourselves for the afternoon.
The exception was one time at a rock quarry in the SE glades a pair of gators followed several of us around the entire lake and would not let us enter the water.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:23:08 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Consensus isn't science.)
To: V_TWIN
They were sent to arrest the woman for pestering the wildlife.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:25:21 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: SJSAMPLE
Whenever we go for a stroll in our local “greenway” I always bring along one of “my little friends” just in case. Have seen quite a few alligators along the other side of the creek there and have always wondered when will decide someone looks like a snack. We live in very north east Florida. We have a pond on our property yet fortunately we have not had any gators. We have had river otters though, cute...till they killed a bunch of pet ducks one of my down road neighbors decided to have out in his yard. We were careful to maintain a decent woodline on our property sides and have a decent span of critters from hawks to bunnies about but like I said, no gators. As someone else said, they are dangerous and ought to be in season all year.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:26:49 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(The media is the enemy of the people.)
To: Hyman Roth
Leash Laws can get you killed.
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posted on
08/20/2018 11:28:28 AM PDT
by
centurion316
(Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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