The pensioner had been walking her dog by the pond at the Spanish Lakes Fairways community in Fort Pierce on Monday when the alligator launched itself from the water.
A deadly incident involving an alligator claimed the life of an elderly woman in northern St. Lucie County, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said Monday.
A helpless neighbor has described watching in horror as an elderly woman was killed by an alligator while walking her dog in a retirement community in the
St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Florida Fish and Wildlife officials responded after a woman named Gloria was dragged into the water at Spanish Lakes Fairways in Fort Pierce, near the Atlantic coast. Her dog survived the attack.