The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The sheriff’s office and the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are currently investigating, and the woman’s cause of death has not yet been determined, according to the release. A contract alligator trapper was dispatched to the scene and removed two alligators from the area, the commission told CNN in a statement. One of the alligators was 8 feet 10 inches long while the other was 7 feet 7 inches long. However, “it is currently unknown if alligators were involved in this incident,” according to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Serious injuries from alligator attacks are rare even in Florida, which is home to more than a million alligators, according to the commission. In 2021, only nine alligator bites were recorded by the agency, and none were fatal. There have been at least two alligator-related deaths so far this year in the United States. In late May, a man is believed to have been killed by alligators after searching for Frisbees in a Florida lake. And in June, a person was killed by an alligator in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
