“It appears this individual has been in the water maybe at least a day”, Lakeland police Public Information Officer Gary Gross said.
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Police are on the hunt for a potential killer alligator in Florida after the reptile was spotted with a human body in its mouth.
Investigators said a person called 911 after seeing the body in the mouth of a large alligator.
Police in central Florida are trying to figure out how an alligator got ahold of a dead body.
‘The officers immediately got their firearms out in case the gator comes up. “Once he left they didn’t want him coming back and pull the body back out, that did not happen”, said Gross. Tests will be carried out to find the cause of death. Police also called a trapper to retrieve the alligator.
In both instances, officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission lured the alligators away from the crime scenes. Police arrived and confirmed the gator had a body.
Officials said there are two alligators that keep showing up in Lake Hunter, but neither has been captured.
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