Alligator kills woman, 69, in South Carolina and the beast is found guarding her mutilated body at edge of lagoon near her home
An alligator has killed a 69-year-old woman in South Carolina.
The beast was found guarding the victim’s mutilated body at the edge of a lagoon near her home and a golf course on Hilton Head Island.
‘Rescue efforts were made and an alligator appeared and was guarding the woman, interrupting emergency efforts,’ the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said.
‘The gator was safely removed from the area and the woman’s body was recovered.’
![The beast was found guarding the victim's mutilated body at the edge of a lagoon near her home and a golf course on Hilton Head Island (file photo)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/07/04/19/62116563-12263911-A_file_photo_of_an_American_alligator_is_pictured_An_alligator_i-a-37_1688494753412.jpg)
The beast was found guarding the victim’s mutilated body at the edge of a lagoon near her home and a golf course on Hilton Head Island (file photo)