> Reptilian Sushi Cunniling wrote:
> Horrifying bodycam footage shows a bloated 14ft alligator with the
body of a
> 41-year-old mom in its stomach.
>
> Sabrina Peckham was eaten by the alligator after being dragged by
the beast
> into a canal in Clearwater.
>
> Peckham was unhoused at the time and had been staying at an
encampment close
> to where the alligator was located and killed.
>
> New footage from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission shows
> the aftermath of the deadly attack.
>
> Video shows the huge gator surrounded by police moments after it
was shot to
> death. Its stomach is visibly swollen with Peckham inside.
>
> Police also released footage showing the moment the beast was
gunned down.
>
> 'Watch them, watch them,' a voice is heard shouting before the
trigger is
> pulled with a bang and a splash.
>
> A passerby raised the alarm in September of last year after
spotting the
> reptile with what appeared to be a body in its mouth.
>
> Soon afterwards several other local residents spotted the gruesome
sight as
> the alligator dragged its prey away with some even recording the
scene.
>
> Emergency responders, together with the Florida Fish and Wildlife
> Conservation Commission, managed to pull the alligator from the
water before
> shooting it dead, with officials describing it as having been
'humanely
> killed' following the horrific attack.
>
> Officers taped the animal's mouth shut and used rope and chains to
pluck in
> from the canal, Fox13 reports.
>
> They had to slash the side of its belly in order to remove some of
Peckham's
> remains.
>
> After her mother's death, Peckham's daughter came out to deny that
her mom
> had been taunting the animal.
>
> 'My mother was a part of the homeless population that lived in the
nearby
> wooded area,' Breauana Dorris wrote in a Facebook post.
>
> 'It is believed that she may have been walking to or from her camp
site near
> the creek in the dark and the alligator attacked from the water.
>
> 'We expected to have many many more years with her. Unfortunately
god has
> called her home sooner than our hearts were ready.'
>
> Two months before her untimely death, Peckham was arrested on July
14 for
> trespassing on a county wetland just half a mile from where she was
mauled,
> reports WFLA. She was ordered to pay $500 for that incident.
>
> Peckham reportedly ignored warning signs placed around the area and
pleaded
> no contest to the misdemeanor charge on September 8.
>
> It was not the first time that she was apprehended for trespassing,
as she
> has multiple misdemeanors to her name dating to 2014, records show.
Peckham
> also had a history of theft convictions and run-ins with the
police.
>
> 'No matter how you put it, no one deserves to die like this,' her
daughter
> wrote online.
>
>
> 'Please protect us. I'm so sorry this happened to you. I pray you
are at
> peace and you are no longer struggling or hurting. I pray you found
momo and
> pop and you all are watching down from above.'
>
> It is understood the deadly reptile had come from a nearby
alligator-
> infested lake known as Ridgecrest Park.
>
>
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13527455/bodycam-footage-bloated- > alligator-mother-body-canal-florida.html
Her mother is part
of a homeless group and you expect to have more years with her...
WTF?
How about taking her in and actually getting her some training,
college, a job, some kind of treatment
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Re: Horrifying bodycam footage shows bloated 14ft alligator with 41-year-old mother in its body after she was dragged into murky canal and killed