Southerners are being told to watch out for unexpected alligators in their backyards and swimming pools as Tropical Storm Debby deluges the East Coast. Several in South Carolina have filmed massive gators stalking their streets and taking dips in backyard pools since Debby made landfall on Monday. ‘There’s a seven-footer,’ Robert Moose Rini said from […]
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Videos of people feeding crocodiles at site of latest attack are deeply concerning, says expert
After a 4.9-meter saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) killed a 40-year-old doctor in Far North Queensland this week, the illegal feeding of wild crocodiles has become a point of major concern. The victim was not feeding crocodiles; he was reportedly just walking along a path when the river bank gave way, and he fell into the […]
Missing Texas woman’s body is found inside the jaws of an alligator who was still eating her
The body of a missing Texas woman was found inside the jaws of an alligator as it was still eating her remains. The woman, believed to be in her 60s, was found dead along the banks of the Horsepen Bayou in Clear Lake around 8.40am Tuesday, less than 12 hours after she went missing. Houston […]
Dead alligator left in middle of Louisiana road causes cars to crash
A massive dead alligator in the middle of a Louisiana road caused a multi-vehicle car crash as one van swerved off the road and into a nearby bayou. Around 6.30am Monday, the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the 5400 block of Paris Road as the gigantic reptile laid dead on the Chalmette […]
South Carolina diver reveals how he fought off a huge alligator with a SCREWDRIVER after the beast pulled him to the bottom of the river and ‘shook him like a rag doll’ just as his tank ran out of air
A South Carolina diver has revealed how he fought off a ‘massive’ alligator with a screwdriver after the beast pulled him to the bottom of a river just as his tank of air was running out. William Georgitis narrowly escaped with his life after the huge reptile attacked him on April 15. The fossil hunter […]
Moment Florida woman Mary Hollenback discovers huge alligator has burst through screen door of her house and made itself at home in her kitchen
A Florida woman heard a rattle at her door and, thinking it was someone trying to enter the wrong house, got up to shoo them away. Instead, Mary Hollenback was confronted by an 8ft alligator lumbering through her home. The enormous reptile was so strong it punched open the front door in Venice, south of […]
Florida Everglades tour operator is arrested after boat flips over and dumps nine passengers into alligator-infested waters
An airboat overturned during a tour through the Florida Everglades, launching all ten people on board into the alligator-infested waters below. A group from Coopertown Airboats was heading through the Everglades National Park on Friday afternoon when the boat operator spotted an alligator nearby. Wanting to give tourists a closer look, he turned abruptly, sending […]
A Tennessee fisherman reeled in a big one. It turned out to be an alligator
MAYNARDVILLE, Tennessee (AP) – A fisherman at a lake in northeast Tennessee caught a surprise at the end of his line when he pulled up a 3- to 4-foot long alligator. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said their Union County wildlife officer Rick Roberts got a call from the angler on Monday describing the unusual […]