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US woman missing after 'alligator attack'

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44419582

A dog-walker in the US state of Florida has gone missing, and she was attacked by an alligator, a witness told police.

The 911 caller said the reptile dragged the woman into a lake at 09:45 on Friday (13:45 GMT) in the town of Davie, 25 miles (40km) north of Miami.

Local media report officers found a dog on a leash but no signs of the woman at Silver Lakes Rotary Nature Park.
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I lived in that part of SE FL & alligators coexist with humans. This woman apparently got too close to the edge of the water & was rushed by a big alligator. She has not been identified. Divers from the State are searching for her body.
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44419582

A dog-walker in the US state of Florida has gone missing, and she was attacked by an alligator, a witness told police.

The 911 caller said the reptile dragged the woman into a lake at 09:45 on Friday (13:45 GMT) in the town of Davie, 25 miles (40km) north of Miami.

Local media report officers found a dog on a leash but no signs of the woman at Silver Lakes Rotary Nature Park.
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I lived in that part of SE FL & alligators coexist with humans. This woman apparently got too close to the edge of the water & was rushed by a big alligator. She has not been identified. Divers from the State are searching for her body.

CBS national news just reported it took authorities 5 hours to trap the suspect gator which had a human arm in its stomach
 
I suspect the gator’s initial target was the dog. The dog probably moved out of the way faster than the lady or the lady instinctively tried to save her dog and the gator grabbed the closest target. Not that that matters to the poor lady’s family, of course,
 
I suspect the gator’s initial target was the dog. The dog probably moved out of the way faster than the lady or the lady instinctively tried to save her dog and the gator grabbed the closest target. Not that that matters to the poor lady’s family, of course,

insect stings cause far more deaths than gator attacks but the latter gets lots of press. friends of mine who fish down there pack 10MM Glocks for gators though
 
insect stings cause far more deaths than gator attacks but the latter gets lots of press. friends of mine who fish down there pack 10MM Glocks for gators though

Absolutely. The mosquito is the most dangerous animal in the world. But it isn’t as scary because virtually everyone in the world has been bitten or stung by insects numerous times in their life and lived to tell the tale...the very boring tale.
 
Absolutely. The mosquito is the most dangerous animal in the world. But it isn’t as scary because virtually everyone in the world has been bitten or stung by insects numerous times in their life and lived to tell the tale...the very boring tale.

that's a good point. millions are stung or bitten by insects so when one out of 4000 dies it doesn't make news. when alligators or sharks or lions bite someone-the damage is almost always severe
 
that's a good point. millions are stung or bitten by insects so when one out of 4000 dies it doesn't make news. when alligators or sharks or lions bite someone-the damage is almost always severe

Yep. Similarly, before I enlisted in the Army, I spent 8 years working in a veterinary clinic. Far, far, FAR more people get bit by breeds like dachshunds and cocker spaniels than pit bulls. A pit bull never so much as growled at me. But WHEN a pit bull attacks it almost always ends in an emergency room visit, and that certainly isn’t the worst case scenario.
 
Yep. Similarly, before I enlisted in the Army, I spent 8 years working in a veterinary clinic. Far, far, FAR more people get bit by breeds like dachshunds and cocker spaniels than pit bulls. A pit bull never so much as growled at me. But WHEN a pit bull attacks it almost always ends in an emergency room visit, and that certainly isn’t the worst case scenario.

IIRC THERE was a recent report of some woman being killed by 7 dachshunds
 
IIRC THERE was a recent report of some woman being killed by 7 dachshunds

I was about to give you a LOL for that funny joke but did a quick google and holy crap, you weren’t joking. A woman in Oklahoma was killed by a pack of 7 dachund/terrier mixes. Don’t let those little bastards organize.
 
I was about to give you a LOL for that funny joke but did a quick google and holy crap, you weren’t joking. A woman in Oklahoma was killed by a pack of 7 dachund/terrier mixes. Don’t let those little bastards organize.

she must have been pretty incapacitated. I suspect an average man could punt one of those critters 20 yards. my 20 year old son-whose about 5-9, 145 or so figured he could squash one with an "iron palm strike" without much effort (he's a black belt)

but I guess if you're weak and they get you off your feet it could be a "willard" like moment.
 
IIRC THERE was a recent report of some woman being killed by 7 dachshunds

Sounds like an Imperial Chinese thing. Death by 7 Dachshunds.
 
Sounds like an Imperial Chinese thing. Death by 7 Dachshunds.

it could be a horror film. Instead of the PIT AND THE Pendulum it could be "The Killing Kennel" or Doomed to Doggery
 
I was about to give you a LOL for that funny joke but did a quick google and holy crap, you weren’t joking. A woman in Oklahoma was killed by a pack of 7 dachund/terrier mixes. Don’t let those little bastards organize.
I have a friend who was a mailman and was attached by a pack of chihuahuas. Bit the crap out of him, he killed and otherwise injured some of them. Always made for a great bar story!
 
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