Woman deceased after alligator attack on Hilton Head Island this morning. (South Carolina)

police report ^ | 8/20/2018 | police report

[Sarah Barracuda]

Heard something similar happened in Florida recently, tourist walking her pup near water, the alligator ate her up.

[oh8eleven]

We had alligators on Camp LeJeune ...
I was there for over a year ('68-'69), spent a lot of time in the field, but can't recall ever being warned about alligators on base.

[Blue Jays]

"...protect your kids, pets, and wife..."

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Hide your kids, hide your wife, and hide your husband

[waterhill]

We can hunt one per hunter a year in Texas...I don’t bother...Yucky, just not into eating lizards.

[V_TWIN]

That might be funny if someone wasn’t dead.

[Red Badger]

They are there in the small ponds located here and there on base. I saw one while camping with some buddies that was only about 4 feet or so. They probably don’t get much bigger there because of the cold................

[farming pharmer]

We can hunt one per hunter a year in Texas...I don’t bother...Yucky, just not into eating lizards.

Agreed, but are the skins worth anything?

[Palio di Siena]

She didn’t to be faster than the gator - just faster than her dog.

[LouAvul]

8’ is not considered to be a big gator

It's those three inch teeth that are the problem.

[goodnesswins]

Tagged along with my golfing husband at a Hilton head course...on one hole saw a huge Gator up on a hill. Wached that sucker carefully and got away asap.

[moovova]

Neighbor deep fried some lightly breaded gator tail meat. It was very good.

[waterhill]

Yes, but the ordeal you have to go through.... Texas does not issue gator tags. One must first find and kill the gator, THEN take it to a station to get it measured and whatnot, THEN TXDPW issues you a tag, THEN you take it back home or wherever and do the work. Its a hassle and like I said they don’t taste THAT good. To me its not worth it.

I can put a hog or deer on ice in about 30 minutes after the kill. And they taste good.

[FreedomPoster]

Which is any body of water away from the coast in FL.

[Vendome]

[Vendome]

That’s what she said...

[farming pharmer]

Yes, but the ordeal you have to go through.... Texas does not issue gator tags. One must first find and kill the gator, THEN take it to a station to get it measured and whatnot, THEN TXDPW issues you a tag, THEN you take it back home or wherever and do the work. Its a hassle and like I said they don’t taste THAT good. To me its not worth it.

Wow, that's kind of ass-backward. I can't think of any Michigan game where you receive a tag after the fact. There's been many years I've pulled a deer tag and gotten nothing. The state still gets the revenue, though.

Our bow season is warm, and it's very advantageous to pack the cavity in ice ASAP. If it's under 30 degrees, we just gut them and let them hang.

[Rockingham]

Limited seasonal licensed gator hunting, the prompt elimination of nuisance gators, and due caution by the public almost always suffice against the risk of gator attacks. Investigation of the handful of gator attacks on humans every year usually shows that a nuisance gator was unwisely fed or tolerated or that the victim was careless. The root problem is less that gators are a menace but that humans are sometimes negligent in guarding against their potential for harm.

[sodpoodle]

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3680733/posts

New thread with updates - 45 yr. old woman identified.

[sodpoodle]

The roughly 8-foot-long alligator believed to be involved was captured by 11 a.m. and euthanized, McCullough said.

[shotgun]

I stayed at this resort. Woke up to several small ones in the pond off my deck every morning. They were small ones, 2-4 footers