A man died after an alligator dragged them into a pond in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, police said Friday. The victim has not been identified.
The situation began when authorities responded to a “water call” on Friday morning. When they arrived, investigators found that an alligator had caught the victim and dragged her to a nearby pond, according to a statement from the Hori County Police Department.
The victim’s body was removed from the lake.
The alligator was euthanized in accordance with the advice of a biologist from the Department of Wildlife of the Ministry of Natural Resources of South Carolina, as well as a concluded service for the removal of alligators, police said.
The incident remains under investigation.
Last year, an alligator attacked a woman a few hours away in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and seriously injured her, causing a neighbor to rescue her with a shovel.
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