Horrifying second 14ft alligator is caught dragging human corpse down Florida canal in its MOUTH earlier than being shot lifeless

A lifeless physique was found within the mouth of an infinite Florida alligator because it made its manner down a canal close to Clearwater on Friday afternoon.

The 14-foot reptile held its sufferer tightly between its highly effective jaws because it paddled down the waterway, within the small city of Largo.

A number of native residents noticed the grotesque sight because the alligator dragged its prey away and started to file the scene whereas alerting the Largo Hearth Division.

Emergency responders along with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee managed to drag the alligator from the water earlier than taking pictures it lifeless, with officers describing it as having been ‘humanely killed’.  

A Florida alligator was discovered with a lifeless physique clamped between its jaws because it made its manner down a canal close to Clearwater 

Emergency responders, together with the Florida FWC efficiently eliminated the alligator from the water and subsequently euthanized it

‘Loads of my neighbors have been out right here and so they’re those that advised me concerning the gator. Whereas we have been standing right here we heard a shot, I assume they killed the gator,’ wrote Jennifer Dean, who lives close by.

As soon as the alligator was no extra, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Workplace have been then in a position to  retrieve the sufferer’s physique from the water. The physique has but to be recognized. 

‘I might inform there was a physique in his mouth, so I began recording,’ JaMarcus Bullard stated to Bay News 9.

‘I got here right down to the hearth division and reported it to them,’ he stated.

The gator might be see dragging its prey a lot to the horror of native residents a few of whom started filming the surprising incident

The 14-foot reptile held its sufferer tightly between its highly effective jaws as is paddled down the waterway, within the small city of Largo

One native resident noticed the grotesque sight because the alligator dragged its prey and started to file the scene whereas alerting the Largo Hearth Division

The gator was later hauled away on the again of a pickup truck

Investigators additionally took time to look at the gator which measured nearly 14 ft in size.

It is believed the lethal reptile had come from a close-by alligator-infested lake generally known as Ridgecrest Park.

Investigations are ongoing to find out the precise reason behind demise of the Florida resident.