[Bon mots]

I have to question the professionalism of these so-called Journalists again.

They wrote the headline as if she were peacefully manicuring someone's nails when the alligator struck.

Later you read that she pursued the alligator into waist-deep water so that she could touch it - as the homeowners screamed at her to come out of the water and leave the beast alone.

[ClearCase_guy]

COVID-19 claims another.

[null and void]

I think she’s yet another victim of the Disneyfication of wildlife.

As well as being incredibly stupid in her own right...

[gathersnomoss]

Yet, another Covid death.

[mad_as_he$$]

Stupid should hurt.

[VeniVidiVici]

The homeowner told deputies Covert was professional in her salon but was relaxed and excited at her home.

The entire piece was written poorly.

[dynachrome]

Darwin scores again.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Hard to muster sympathy for somebody that is so monumentally stupid. An absolutely avoidable death. The real question is HOW did this nitwit survive 58 years?

[riri]

She also said Covert brought wine with her that she was drinking throughout her visit.

WTF is wrong with people? Especially women.

Rudderless in the sea of life...

[BwanaNdege]

Ding, Ding, Ding!!

We have a WINNER!

DARWIN AWARD!

[Laslo Fripp]

Drinking wine throughout the morning as well.

[babble-on]

I have to admit, the headline first had me wondering whether the alligator was doing the homeowner’s nails.

[cuban leaf]

Did she have any kids? If not, another darwin award winner. This is really incredible. I remember something like this happening with me and a moose in Alaska, but my friends that lived there told me they are very dangerous and I got back in the car.

[deport]

She told the homeowner, “I guess I won’t do this again,”

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Sad but her last words were accurate...

[Free in Texas]

...According to the report, Covert said, "I don't look like a deer," and reached to touch the animal when it attacked...

Well. Apparently she looked like a sandwich.

[DarthVader]

Darwin Award! One does not mess with a dangerous alpha predator and live!

[Victor]

Drinking excessively, wanting to reach out for Gaia and touch a beautiful beast its natural habitat while ignoring warnings from fellow humans nearby....

What could go wrong?

Any record of how this woman voted?

Could be a good political ad in this somehow....

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Better headline:

“Drunk, stupid old women tries to pet wild alligator in its water habitat and gets killed.”

[Responsibility2nd]

She told the homeowner, “I guess I won’t do this again.....

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No, I guess you won’t.

I nominate this sentence for the “famous last words” Hall of Fame.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

"I guess I won't do this again."

That should go on the list of famous last words.

This was a horrible way to go, and I don't mean to make jest of it, but --good grief -- who pets an alligator?

[a fool in paradise]

AFTER doing the nails AND after being advised NOT to pet the gator.