Posted on 05/06/2020 7:12:13 AM PDT by Bon mots
COLUMBIA, SC- Throughout the coronavirus outbreak, many have resorted to at-home salon services as non-essential businesses have closed. A woman in South Carolina was attacked and killed by an alligator in a gated community while attempting to do the homeowner's nails on Friday.
Authorities say 58-year-old Cynthia Covert was trying to touch the alligator when it grabbed her. She was able to briefly get out of the animal's grip and stood waist-deep in the Kiawah Island pond.
She told the homeowner, "I guess I won't do this again," but the alligator grabbed her in its jaws again and took her under, according to police reports.
Covert died of drowning before Charleston County deputies and firefighters were able to shoot and kill the alligator. They used poles to get her out of the pond, authorities say.
The homeowner told deputies Covert was professional in her salon but was relaxed and excited at her home. She also said Covert brought wine with her that she was drinking throughout her visit.
While working on the porch, Covert saw the alligator and took photos of it. The woman and her husband that live at the residence screamed for her to get away from the alligator as they saw it grab a deer a few days prior, deputies said.
According to the report, Covert said, "I don't look like a deer," and reached to touch the animal when it attacked.
The husband and neighbor threw Covert a rope and she was able to stand in the pond. After stating she would not do that again, she was pulled under again, according to the report.
Deputies and firefighters searched for Colvert for 10 minutes before her body surfaced. When the alligator surfaced again, a deputy shot the animal in the head with a 9 mm handgun.
While Covert's leg was severely damaged, an autopsy determined she drowned, the Charleston County Coroner's Office said.
In the past four years, three people have been killed by alligators in South Carolina.
Kiawah Island Mayor Craig Weaver called Covert's death "a terrible tragedy."
"We live closely with nature on this island. An alligator caused death is exceedingly rare and has not happened on our island before to my knowledge," Weaver said in a statement Sunday. "We know that we must act responsibly and with care around these animals. Consequently, it will be important to know and to share with the community the facts and circumstances from this tragedy, so we can avoid experiencing anything like this again," Weaver said.
Before 2016, the state did not have any alligator-related deaths recorded.
Hey, hold my wine and watch this.
redneckery
>>Any record of how this woman voted?
Won’t change a thing. She will STILL vote for Joe Biden in November.
I read this story a few days ago and could not see how...alcohol was involved, that explains it!
I know! Reading it I thought it came up and grabbed her mid manicure. Why would she think it was a good idea to try and touch it..
“ Any record of how this woman voted “. Whatever, she will vote Democrat from now on. ... and so will the ‘gator.
The kind of person who would bend over and look inside an Alien Egg after the top opened up.
Wait, wut?
Somebody was giving manicures in a pond?
Gave up trying to figger out what was going on here.
And she lived in South Carolina which has a lot of alligators. They are all over Kiawah near the lagoons. It’s not like the alligator was some rare bird she wanted to see. It’s also known despite their clunky appearance, they can run really fast. We always stayed a good distance away from them!
If they can track it down and kill it, the alligator needs to also be recorded as a virus death ... a two-fer on the number the media is so breathlessly enthusiastic about reporting.
“WTF is wrong with people? Especially women”
Men still hold most of the Darwin Awards.
I’m so old I remember when being drunk was an excuse. When I was a kid a guy took out a power pole in town and everybody was talking about it. “Well, he was drunk”, people said. They followed that with, “You know when you are drunk you don’t get hurt because your body is relaxed”. Nobody was mad at the guy. Hey he was drunk, it’s to be expected he might run into something. No real harm done.
It is not useful to anyone for people to spread a deliberate lie.
Ya don't say!
Journalism is dead. I don’t even know why they have journalism schools anymore. They should just have Progressive Propaganda schools instead and drop all pretense that they are teaching how to write or report.
Other than that, it sounds like Darwin struck again.
“We live closely with nature on this island. An alligator caused death is exceedingly rare and has not happened on our island before to my knowledge,” Weaver said in a statement Sunday.
Weaver continued, “Up until now, we haven’t had someone as stupid as this visit our island.”
What a horrible way to die; and no fun for those watching, I’m sure! :(
When his men warned him to take cover, Sedgwick responded by joking, "They couldn’t hit an elephant at that distance."
Just then, a sharpshooter’s bullet crashed into his skull, right below his left eye, killing him instantly.
“..COVID-19 claims another....”
Covid, Hell, this was pure and simple Darwin Award-level stupidity in action... but yeah, the dems will say it was Corona that killed her anyway.
Disneyfication... a great term. Lived in Alaska a few years and saw weekly tourist deaths from “disneyfication”. And now it’s worse with “selfies”
Ever met a “Journalist”? They are morons
Sounds like one less stupid drunk person in the world.
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