Another Florida alligator discovered gnawing dead body

[WhiteTara]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/another-florida-alligator-discovered-with-dead-body/

LAKELAND, Fla. -- Police in central Florida are trying to figure out how an alligator got ahold of a dead body.

Lakeland police spokesman Gary Gross told CBS affiliate WTSP officers responded to Lake Hunter on Tuesday afternoon following a report of an alligator with a body in its mouth.

Officers were able to retrieve the body, and Gross said a trapper was called to capture the eight-foot reptile. The effort to trap the gator was still underway Tuesday evening.

According to Gross, the dead body appeared to be an adult male, but police weren't sure.


Poor Florida Man. He can't catch a break!

[LisaL]

1. They are trying to figure out how alligator got ahold of a dead body?

Maybe the body was alive when alligator got ahold of it.

[WhiteTara]

2. I considered that possiblity as well.

Maybe there was something that the police saw that made them think he was already dead. For Florida Man, I hope so.