How big was the alligator that ate the man in Slidell?
12-foot
Tammany Parish sheriff’s deputies with the Special Operation Division, along with U. S. and Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents, announced a few weeks ago that they reportedly captured a 12-foot alligator, weighing 504 pounds in the Avery Estates area. It was near the location where Satterlee Sr. went missing.
Has anyone ever been killed by an alligator?
A 12-foot-long alligator believed to have attacked Satterlee was captured and killed on September 13, 2021. Human remains were found in its stomach. The victim was pulled under and drowned by an alligator in a pond behind a home near Salt Cedar Lane, Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
Was a man killed by an alligator in Louisiana?
Alligator suspected of killing Louisiana man during Hurricane Ida found. Authorities captured a 504-pound alligator suspected of attacking and killing a 71-year-old man in Louisiana during Hurricane Ida. “Once the alligator was searched, it was discovered to have what appears to be human remains inside its stomach.”
Has anyone been killed by an American crocodile?
The majority of attacks recorded below have occurred in Southeast Asia and Australia. On March 29, 1987, Ginger Faye Meadows, an American model, was killed by a crocodile while swimming in the Prince Regent River near Broome before her birthday.
Did Louisiana alligators eat men?
A Louisiana coroner on Thursday confirmed human remains found inside a massive alligator were those of a New Orleans-area man who went missing after he was attacked following Hurricane Ida, in what appears to be the state’s first fatal alligator attack in modern times.
What is the oldest alligator on record?
Muja, a male American alligator, is currently the oldest known living alligator in the world at over 83 years of age. No one is sure when exactly Muja was born, but it was sometime before 1937. On August 9th of that year, Muja arrived at the Belgrade Zoo along with another alligator from a German zoo.