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NEW AT 7 - AN ALLIGATOR DOG ATTACK. A TRAGEDY FOR A FAMILY IN BLUFFTON. WJCL'S JESSICA BATTISTA SPO KE WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. SOT- MAURICIO LLAMBIAS- OWNER OF THE DOG OSITO "WE ARE SO SAD, MY KIDS ARE CRYING EVERYDAY, WIFE IS CRYING EVERYDAY. THE LLAMBIAS FAMILY - EMOTIONAL - OVER THE LOSS OF AN IMPORTANT FAMILY MEMBER-THEIR YORKIER TERRIOR OSITO- "I BOUGHT HIM LAST YEAR FOR MOTHERS DAY-AS A GIFT FOR MY WIFE" (I WAS GOING TO SHOW PICTURES OF LAST MOTHERS DAY WITH OSITO) TUESDAY MOINRNG... MAURICIO LET OSITO OUTSIDE TO THEIR FENCED BACKYARD NEAR A LAKE. (HAVE FOOTAGE OF THE BACKYARD) "WE ARE ALWAYS WITH THEM, BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE IS A LAKE AND THERE B AUNCH OF ALLIGATORS OUT THERE-" (BUTT TO) "I LEFT HIM FOR LESS THEN 10 SECONDS AND HE WENT TO THE LAKE-AND THE ONLY THING I HEARD WAS A BIG SPLASH -" TURNS OUT THE SPLASH- WAS FROM AN ALLIGATOR THAT SWALLOWED-OSITO- A HEARTBREAKING REALY IT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY "MY KIDS WENT TO BED CRYING, THE NEXT DAY THEY THINK ABOUT OSITO- WE TRY TO TL EL HIM HE IN THE SKY WITH H IS GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER DOGS." "I FEEL SO BAD, I DIDN'TNOW K WHAT TO DO IT HAPPENED SO FAST." A SPOKESPERSON FROM CRITTER MANAGEMENT SAYS TRAGEDIES LIKE THIS ARE COMMON THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE OF THE ALLIGATOR MATTING SEASON- SOT- JOE MAF- FO SPOKESPERSON FOR CRITTER MANAGEMENT '"ALLIGATORS DO NO HAVE BRAINS THAT FUNCTION LIKE US, THEY HAVE HORMONES RANGING, AND THEY CAN BE ANYWHERE-JUST STAY AWAY FROM ALLIGATORS, DO NOT COMFORT THEM FOR ANY REASON." STAND UP: BE ON THE OKLO OUT FOR THESE SIGNS ( I AM POINTING TO A SIGN THAT WARNS YOU ABOUT ALLIGATORS) THEY WARN YOU THAT AN ALLIGATOR MIGHT BE LIVING IN THIS BODY OF WATER (POINTS TO A POND)- AND IT REMINDS YOU TO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS. "KEEP YOUR PETN OA LEASH, DO NOT GET WATER EDGE, AFTER DUSK CARRY A LIGHT, PAY ATTENTION, JUST BE GATOR WISE." JESS QUESTION- WHAT DO YOU WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW? "IF YOU ARE IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, CLOSE TO THE LAKE, BE AWARE BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN AND HOW FAST IT CAN HAPPEN." REPORTING IN THE LOWCOUNTRY JB WJCL 22 WSNE THE FAMILY SAYS THEY