Alligator kills man in SunCity SC

email from a friend | 8/14/2022 | multiple

[sodpoodle]

One person was killed in an apparent alligator attack in South Carolina on Monday, officials said.

The large alligator was spotted "near the edge of a pond" in Sun City Hilton Head, an adult-only community, "guarding what was believed to be a person," the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office said.

Responders found the gator and a dead person, the sheriff's office said. The victim hasn't been identified.

MORE: How to survive a gator attack: 'Fight like hell,' wildlife experts say Alligators are active during spring and summer, because when temperatures rise, their metabolism increases and they look for food, Melody Kilborn, a spokesperson for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, told ABC News last month.

[sodpoodle]

I lived there for 6 years on a pond that had alligators!!!!

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Too bad it wasn't Kiawah Island.

[heavy metal]

that bites...

[Red Badger]

I live in Florida.
We have a few........................

[Hambone 1934]

De Santis should bus them to NYC...How many dems can they eat before captured????

[KingLudd]

Fight like hell. Great advice. First line of defense is to use gator repellant spray and wear little bells on your shoes. /s

[TakebackGOP]

Kill all the alligators. How did they come to America?

[Billthedrill]

“Poke Salad Annie. Gators got yer Granny.”

[G Larry]

1989 staying at a hostel in Cooktown, AU and said I was going to the estuary to photograph some Saltwater Crocodiles.

One of the locals asked if I'd brought my skyhook with me....

He responded to my puzzled look by informing me, "they can get to 35 mph pretty quick, and you'll never see them coming out of the brush, so a skyhook is your only hope of escape."

[DEPcom]

“Kill all the alligators. How did they come to America?”

Alligators are native here.

[waterhill]

Horrible way to go. They drown you first. The bite probably hurts, but the drowning sucks.

[waterhill]

Sarcasm.

[Toespi]

We live in Sun City and the local report is that it was a woman who was killed. Prayers up for her, just horrific. It seems she was walking her dog, and early reports are she was not real close to the lagoon, that the gator attacked her and dragged her into the water. Someone spotted a large gator guarding what was a body.

[milagro]

The article says the alligator was guarding what appeared to be a human.
Great guard animal, right?

[Songcraft]

Lindsey Graham?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

“Poke Salad Annie. Gators got yer Granny.”

"Chomp. Chomp. Chomp, chomp."

One of my favorite tunes...by Tony Joe White.

[P.O.E.]

“Give ‘em hell, Amos!”

[mikey_hates_everything]

When we bought in Sun City, Del Webb said it was a *gated* community, not gator. Who gave the alligator the gate code? Is the dog ok?

[fidelis]

1. What do you call an alligator in a vest? An investigator!

2. What do you call an alligator that sneaks up and bites you from behind? A tail-gater.

3. Did you know alligators can grow up to 18 feet? But most of them only have four!

4. Did you hear about the law firm with the most intimidating lawyers? It’s filled with liti-gators.

5. What’s the difference between an alligator and a crocodile? Alligators will see you later, crocodiles in a while.

6. Alligators can live up to 100 years… Which is why there’s a chance that they will see you later.

7. What happens when an alligator drives a boat? He becomes a navigator.

8. Who gives crocodiles presents on Christmas? Santa Jaws!

9. Why won’t crocodiles attack lawyers? Professional courtesy!

10. If an alligator lives in a river and thinks he’s a crocodile, there’s a good chance he’s in da-nile!

11. What’s the difference between a dog and a gator? A dog’s bark is worse than its bite.

12. What do you call a SWAT team of alligators? Gator-raid.

13. What’s worse than one crocodile coming to dinner? Two crocodiles coming to dinner.

14. What do you call a reptile that works on a farm? An irri-gator.

15. Why don’t alligators watch movies? Because they live in swamps.

16. What do dehydrated alligators drink? Gatorade.

17. Why don’t crocodiles like fast food? Because they can’t catch it!

18. What do you call a crocodile that likes to bowl? An alley-gator!

19. What came first, the alligator or the crocodile? The dinosaur.

20. What did the alligator say to the other alligator that was in the way? “Please move, I need to get bayou.”

21. What do you call an alligator that’s a very skilled conversationalist? A dialogator.

22. A boy sees an alligator in the zoo and shouts, “Hey, are you a caiman?” The alligator replies, “I’m alright, thanks, kid!”

23. If someone says, “See you later alligator,” you must respond with, “In a while crocodile.” It’s in the bye laws.

24. A guy wearing a suit and tie walks into a bar with an alligator… He walks up to the bartender and asks, “Do you serve lawyers here?” “Yes sir, we do,” says the bartender. The guy smiles and says, “Great. Then I’ll have a beer, and my ‘gator will have a lawyer.”

25. What do alligators and Windows have in common? Neither of them has enough bytes!

26. What do you get if you cross an alligator with a flower? I don’t know, but I will not smell it!

27. Why are alligator comedians so funny? Their wit is as razor sharp as their teeth!

28. What do alligators call human children? Appetizers.

29. What do you call an alligator that makes others fight? An instigator.

30. What do you call a man who is too big for an alligator to eat? A jawbreaker.

31. One day, a very rich man announced at a party that if any person dared to swim across the swimming pool, which had more than 20 crocodiles, he would award them with either half of his property or his beautiful daughter. After a period of silence, the rich man saw a young man splashing in the pool, swimming as fast as he could, with all his efforts, saving himself from the crocodiles. And at last, he survived through the pool. Everybody started clapping. The young man’s bravery overjoyed the rich man. He congratulated him and then asked, “What do you want — my property or daughter?” The young man replied, “Sir, I want neither your property nor your daughter. I just want the man who threw me in the water.”

32. What is a nerdy alligator’s favorite programming language? Jaw-va.

33. Why shouldn’t you shoot an alligator? He’ll just bite the bullet and make the best of it.

34. What does an alligator do when he loses his tail? It goes to a re-tail store.

35. What’s an alligator’s favorite dip? Croc-amole.

[Jonny7797]

“How to survive a gator attack: ‘Fight like hell,’ wildlife experts say”

That’s some solid advice right there.