Video shows officials yanking gator from canal after it killed Florida grandmother
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Published Jun 14, 2024 • Last updated 3 days ago • 1 minute read
A gator is pulled from a canal in Florida after it fatally attacked a homeless woman.
A gator is pulled from a canal in Florida after it fatally attacked a homeless woman. PHOTO BY HANDOUT /FWC
Startling bodycam footage has emerged showing the horrific aftermath of a fatal alligator attack that involved a homeless Florida grandmother.
In September, Sabrina Peckham, 41, was killed and dragged by the gator into a canal along a residential street in Largo, just south of Clearwater.
A bystander noticed Peckham’s body in the gator’s jaws and officials used a rope and chains to pull the carnivorous animal from the water, according to video from Fox 13.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials can be seen laying what was measured as a 13-foot, 9.5-inch-long gator on the pavement before fatally shooting it with a rifle.
The gator was cut open so officials could remove some of Peckham’s remains.
What might have provoked the gator to snatch the woman is unclear, but the FWC report provided some clues.
Peckham was living at a makeshift campsite just 35 feet from the canal. There was no evidence the gator had been at the camp and the woman’s body didn’t show signs that she had been in the water before the giant reptile dragged her in.
But a park ranger wrote in the report that he believes he spotted her walking in the area just a week before the incident.
The canal, known as McKay Creek, is regularly used by gators to travel between Ridgecrest Lake and Taylor Lake, the report said.
Peckham had a history of trespassing on wetland property, including two months before and near the area where she was killed.
Pinellas County has since erected fencing and signs to keep people away from the canal.
Author of the articleostmedia News
Published Jun 14, 2024 • Last updated 3 days ago • 1 minute read
A gator is pulled from a canal in Florida after it fatally attacked a homeless woman.
A gator is pulled from a canal in Florida after it fatally attacked a homeless woman. PHOTO BY HANDOUT /FWC
Startling bodycam footage has emerged showing the horrific aftermath of a fatal alligator attack that involved a homeless Florida grandmother.
In September, Sabrina Peckham, 41, was killed and dragged by the gator into a canal along a residential street in Largo, just south of Clearwater.
A bystander noticed Peckham’s body in the gator’s jaws and officials used a rope and chains to pull the carnivorous animal from the water, according to video from Fox 13.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials can be seen laying what was measured as a 13-foot, 9.5-inch-long gator on the pavement before fatally shooting it with a rifle.
The gator was cut open so officials could remove some of Peckham’s remains.
What might have provoked the gator to snatch the woman is unclear, but the FWC report provided some clues.
Peckham was living at a makeshift campsite just 35 feet from the canal. There was no evidence the gator had been at the camp and the woman’s body didn’t show signs that she had been in the water before the giant reptile dragged her in.
But a park ranger wrote in the report that he believes he spotted her walking in the area just a week before the incident.
The canal, known as McKay Creek, is regularly used by gators to travel between Ridgecrest Lake and Taylor Lake, the report said.
Peckham had a history of trespassing on wetland property, including two months before and near the area where she was killed.
Pinellas County has since erected fencing and signs to keep people away from the canal.
WATCH: Bodycam footage shows aftermath of deadly Largo gator attack
Newly released body camera footage from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shows the aftermath of a deadly gator attack in Largo.
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Video shows officials yanking gator from canal after it killed Florida grandmother
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