“When she opened up the door, the alligator had him in the death roll,” Captain Vitter said on Tuesday.
After the attack, which resulted in the loss of one of the man’s arms, the woman pulled him out of the floodwaters and returned inside to gather first aid supplies, the Sheriff’s Office said.
When she realized the severity of his injuries, she got into a boat to seek help, about a mile away. Captain Vitter said 911 wasn’t working at the time and that she couldn’t call for help. When she returned, her husband was gone, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Deputies’ efforts to find the man were unsuccessful, and the incident remains under investigation.
Captain Vitter said the couple’s home is surrounded by marsh and in an area that is well known to have alligators.
“It was not uncommon for people to see alligators seven feet or longer,’’ he said.
In a statement, Sheriff Randy Smith of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office warned residents to be “extra vigilant” while walking in flooded areas because the storm may have displaced wildlife, causing alligators and other animals to move closer into neighborhoods.
Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/us/alligator-attack-louisiana-ida.html
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