A twelve-foot alligator killed a 71-year-old fisherman at Winter Garden Park near Orlando, Florida this week.
The man was killed while fishing at Dr. Bradford Memorial Park in Winter Garden on Friday in a tributary that’s connected to Lake Apopka.
Officials were able to recover the victim’s body from the lake.
A nuisance alligator trapper later captured an 11-foot-8inch alligator from the area.
A witness described how the 12-foot alligator grabbed the man by his leg and dragged him into the water.
The alligator grabbed the victim by the leg as he raised a large fish he had just captured for photos.
Witnesses said they see alligators in the area all the time.
One man said, “Have you ever seen Lake Apopka? Go look at sunset. It’s hump, hump, hump everywhere. It’s There’s thousands of gators in there. It’s definitely not a place I would even put my paddleboard on.
Local WFTV spoke with witnesses of the gruesome death with more details.
WFTV has more on the attack:
UPDATE: Now there is video of the captured 12 foot alligator from the lake.
Via WPBF.
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