Alligator assault near Myrtle Beach results in one fatality

• An 11-foot alligator killed an unnamed victim on Friday.
• It did it by by snatching them and dragging them into a pond in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
• The attack comes after multiple sightings of large gators in the private residential golf community where the tragic incident occurred.

Alligator assault near Myrtle Beach results in one fatality. On Friday near Myrtle Beach, an eleven-foot alligator killed an unidentified victim; by seizing them and dragging them into a pond.

The sad occurrence took place in a gated golf club; where there had been numerous reports of huge alligator sightings.
The community pond in South Carolina; had initially received a call from the fire department, reporting a water incident. When authorities got to the scene at at 11:45am, they found the victim.

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The alligator was killed on the spot; according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources; and its contracted alligator removal agency.

There are numerous 12 to 14-foot alligators in the retention pond; according to neighbour Jason Repak who spoke to MyHorryNews.
Between the pond where the event happened and another retention pond; behind his condo at the Myrtle Beach Golf and Yacht Club; according to Repak, is a two-lane road.

Repak posted a picture of three sizable alligators outside of a pond in May; that pond was the one behind the house.

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