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In Florida, the United States, a 4-meter-long alligator was found in a canal with a body in its jaws on Friday. The reptile was sighted by a witness on a residential street in Largo, a small community just four miles south of Clearwater Beach, the New York Post reported. “I could see there was a body in its mouth so I started recording,” the outlet quoted the witness, JaMarcus, as saying. Mr. Bullard, who was on his way to a job interview, immediately called the Largo Fire Department, which was not far from the shocking scene.
Upon their arrival, the rescue crew shot the alligator several times after pulling it from the water, Bullard said. Jennifer Dean, a local resident, said, “Many of my neighbors who were at the scene informed me about the alligator.”
According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, both the victim and the alligator were recovered from the canal. When investigators arrived on the scene, they were standing next to a large, blood-stained alligator.
The location is in close proximity to popular Ridgecrest Park, which features a 5-acre lake known for its alligators. Ms Dean claimed alligators are common in the region, but the alligator that died on Friday was one of the largest she had ever seen.
The Floridian’s cause of death is currently under investigation by law enforcement authorities.
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