Witness 'threw a rock' at massive 14ft gator to confirm it had human body
A horrified witness who found an alligator dragging torso in its mouth said he is scared for school kids walking nearby, after he was the fist person to see the huge beast.
JaMarcus Bullard told Tampa Fox affiliate WTVT he saw the reptile with "a body in its mouth" and the incident left him worried about children in a nearby school. "All I can think about is all of these little kids that go to the school right behind me," said Bullard, who though he had seen a mannequin at first.
Bullard said children "come this way every single day" and he was looking for fish while he was waiting for a job interview when the disturbing sight met his eyes.
"I noticed it had a body in its mouth, like a lower torso," he said. "So once I realised that, I ran straight to the fire department and got them. They confirmed there was a body.
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'I noticed it had a body in its mouth, like a lower torso,' Bullard said (WFLA)"Once I saw what it had I was like, “Is that a mannequin?” it looked pale and white."
"A lot of my neighbours were out here, and they're the ones that told me about the gator," Jennifer Dean told Bay News 9. She said the beast was the largest she had ever seen that there are lots of alligators in the area.
The body was reportedly found at about 2pm local time on Friday near 121st Street and Ulmerton Road in Ridgecrest Park, Florida. Ridgecrest Park has a large lake nearby, where the 14-foot beast may have come from.
Bullard said he saw a body in the reptile's mouth (FOX 13 WTVT)Dean described hearing a gunshot around the time the authorities arrived to check out the scene. She assumed it was a shot dispatching the massive creature.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said the beast was killed in a humane way after it was taken away. It is not clear if it was responsible for the death of the man or if it found the man already dead.
The sheriff's office and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are investigating the incident.
One local took to Twitter, now X, and posted pictures of the scene she was viewing on local news channels, writing: "Alligator loaded onto truck. Sadly, we did see from chopper a human body pulled by divers from the canal."
The alligator was seen fragging a torso down a canal (WFLA)In Tennessee last week, officials were shocked to discover an alligator roaming the mountains as more and more of the best work their way into populated areas.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said Wildlife Officers Hunter Poore and Colt Elrod trapped an alligator Rhea County and transported the reptile to the Chattanooga Zoo.
"Alligators are naturally expanding their range into Tennessee from the southern border states," the agency said on their website. "TWRA has not stocked any alligators in Tennessee. Alligators expanding into Tennessee is just another species that we must learn to coexist with like many of the other southern states."
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The beast was taken away and humanely killed, officials said (FOX 13 WTVT)The post continued: "TWRA would like to remind everyone that alligators are a protected species and catching or shooting one is a violation of the law. If you come across one while exploring the outdoors in West TN, leave it alone and enjoy Tennessee’s unique biodiversity."
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