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This is a list of fatal alligator attacks in the United States in reverse chronological order by decade. All occurred in the South, where alligators are endemic to wetlands and tidal marshes. The state of Florida, where most attacks and deaths occur, began keeping records of alligator attacks in 1948. [1
Only nine fatal attacks occurred in the United States throughout the 1970s–1990s, but American alligators killed 12 people between 2001 and 2007. An additional report of alligator attacks showed a total of 376 injuries and 15 deaths recorded all from 1948 to 2004, leading this to an increase of the alligator population. [149]
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An 85-year-old woman has been killed in Florida after being attacked by a 10-foot alligator after she fought to wrestle her dog from its jaws.. The attack happened on the banks of a lake at the ...
July 2023. On July 5, 2023, a Hilton Head woman was found dead near Spanish Wells lagoon and a 9-foot alligator was taken from the scene. A 69-year-old resident of Spanish Wells was found around ...
3. Keep your distance. Along with avoiding areas alligators may be in to avoid an ambush attack, they are also territorial. Although alligators are generally pretty sedentary, usually basking in ...
Animal attacks in the United States may refer to: List of fatal alligator attacks in the United States; List of fatal shark attacks in the United States; List of fatal snake bites in the United States; List of fatal dog attacks in the United States
This is the second fatal alligator attack in Beaufort County in less than a year. On Aug. 15, 2022, an 88-year-old Sun City woman was killed by an alligator while doing yardwork beside a lagoon ...