The 69-year-old woman was found dead in the Spanish Wells community of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A South Carolina woman died Tuesday after she was attacked by an alligator while walking her dog near a golf course, authorities said.
The 69-year-old woman, who has not been named, was found dead in the Spanish Wells community of Hilton Head Island, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.An alligator appeared to be guarding the woman, interrupting emergency rescue efforts, the sheriff’s office said.The dog was found safe, said Major Angela Viens, a sheriff’s office spokesperson.
This is the second fatal alligator attack in Beaufort County in the past year, sheriff’s officials said. An 88-year-old Sun City woman was attacked by an alligator at a lagoon near her home in August 2022.
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