Authorities confirm one person killed in Beaufort County alligator attack

THE APP IS AVAILABLE IN THE GOOGLE PLAY AND APPLE APP STORES. FATAL ALLIGATOR ATTACK. A HILTON HEAD ISLAND WOMAN ... IS DEAD. AN ALLIGATOR ATTACKED HER ... WHILE WALKING HER DOG ... SOMETHING SHE DOES EVERYDAY./// WE WANT TO GO LIVE TO WJCL 22 NEWS' NIKIYA - CARRERO. SHE'S BEEN TRACKING THIS STORY ALL DAY./// IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME IN THE PRIVATE NEIGHBORHOOD SPANISH WELLS. SHE WAS WALKING HER DOG NEAR THE POND THIS MORNING BEFORE THE ATTACK... <> IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE DO IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. 1 DEATH IS TOO MANY." RESIDENTS OUT IN HILTON HEAD ISLAND ARE ROCKED BY THE NEWS OF A 69 YEAR OLD WOMAN LOSING HER LIFE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING TO A GATOR. BEAUPORT COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE THE ALLIGATOR WAS GUARDING HER BODY.. <> PEOPLE WHO ARE STAYING NEARBY SAY IT'S SCARY ESPECIALLY SEEING ALLIGATORS ON A DAILY THEMSELVES <> WE'RE STAYING ON THAT SIDE, IN SPANISH WELLS. AND WE ALREADY SEEN ALLIGATOR IN THE COMMUNITY WE'RE STAYING IN, IN THE POND. KIND OF SHOCKING HONESTLY." (BURKE) I THINK THE ALLIGATORS SOMETIMES GET TOO COMFORTABLE WITH PEOPLE AND VICE VERSA." ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE... THIS IS THE SECOND FATAL ALLIGATOR ATTACK WITHIN A YEAR. AFTER A 88 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS KILLED NEAR A LAGOON IN THE SUN CITY NEIGHBORHOOD. <> YOU KNOW WE HAVE OUR NEICE'S AND NEPHEWS, THEY'RE SMALL CHILDREN. AND THEY GO BY THESE WATERS. IT'S LIKE DO WE ACTUALLY TRUST THEM GOING BY THESE WATERS WITHOUT SOMETHING COMING OUT AND GETTING THEM?" NIKIYA ... OFFICIALS JUST RELEASED NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE GATOR. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES SAYS THE ALLIGATOR INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT WAS 9 FOOT 9 INCHES LONG AND HAS EUTHANIZED... AN AUTOPSY IS SET TO BE DONE ON THE WOMAN WEDNESDAY BY THE BEAUFPRT COUNTY CORONERS OFFICE BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU NIKIYA./// WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE NOW ... WITH WJCL 22 NEWS' BROOKE BUTLER. BROOKE - YOU JUST RECENTLY SPOKE TO WILDLIFE EXPERT ... ABOUT WHY ... AND HOW ALLIGATORS ATTACK.// YEAH GREG. I SPOKE TO HIM AFTER A VIDEO SURFACED OF AN ALLIGATOR... CHARGING AT A FISHERMAN IN THE SHIPYARD COMMUNITY. THIS IS THAT VIDEO. IT WAS TAKEN - JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO - AND SHIPYARD HAS ACTUALLY BANNED FISHING IN ITS COMMUNITY THIS SUMMER AS A RESULT. MCNEELY TELLS ME - NO ONE IS OFF THE FOOD CHAIN FOR AN ALLIGATOR. HE ALSO SAYS...ITS COMMON FOR A GATOR...TO LEAVE OUT ITS KILL - FOR SEVERAL DAYS AFTER AN ATTACK. <> 3:27 IF THEY CANT GULP IT DOWN WHOLE IN ONE SWALLOW THEY WILL TRY TO SHRED THE MEAT OFF THE BONES OR THEYLL TUCK IT UNDER A ROOT WAD AND LET IT DECOMPOSE FOR A DAY OR TWO AND THEN THEY CAN SHRED THE MEAT OFF THE BONES 3:44 THATS HOW GATORS AND CROCODILES FEED 3:47 AS NIKIYA SAID - THAT ALLIGATOR WAS GUARDING THE WOMAN'S BODY. DEPUTIES SAY ITS STILL UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT - WHERE THE GATOR MANAGED TO DRAG HER INTO THE WATER THE BEAUFORT COUNTY CORONERS OFFICE - IS EXPECTED TO CONDUCT AN AUTOPSY ... ON THE WOMAN'S

Channel: WJCL News

Views: 165,549

Keywords: 1 person killed, Savannah, South Carolina Department of Resources, alligator, alligator attack, beaufort county, beaufort county sheriff s office, deadly, spanish wells

Id: 3-Jda-StVWQ

Length: 3min 52sec (232 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 05 2023