Woman killed in alligator attack at South Carolina pond

[mountaineer]

Woman killed in alligator attack at South Carolina pond
Associated Press | Saturday, May 2, 2020 3:50 p.m.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Deputies in South Carolina shot and killed an alligator that fatally attacked a woman on Friday, authorities said.

The officers were called to a pond on Kiawah Island around 5 p.m. and saw the animal attack, the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office said.

The woman was dead.   ...

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Mr. M and I played golf at Kiawah Island last year and saw a smallish (5' or so) alligator on the 18th fairway. Needless to say, we steered clear of it.

[mountaineer]

 South Carolina woman did home manicure, tried to touch alligator before fatal attack
By Kenneth Garger
May 6, 2020 | 1:05am

 The woman killed by an alligator in a South Carolina pond had just finished doing the homeowner’s nails and tried to touch the reptile before the attack, authorities said.

Cynthia Covert, 58, died Friday after venturing waist deep in a pond on Kiawah Island — a gated community outside of Charleston — to encounter the gator.  ...

 When Covert saw the alligator, she took pictures of it before going off into the pond.  ...  NY Post

[Lando Lincoln]

South Carolina woman did home manicure, tried to touch alligator before fatal attack
By Kenneth Garger
May 6, 2020 | 1:05am

 The woman killed by an alligator in a South Carolina pond had just finished doing the homeowner’s nails and tried to touch the reptile before the attack, authorities said.

Cynthia Covert, 58, died Friday after venturing waist deep in a pond on Kiawah Island — a gated community outside of Charleston — to encounter the gator.  ...

 When Covert saw the alligator, she took pictures of it before going off into the pond.  ...  NY Post

She must have had COVID-19.

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I guess it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to do a lady’s nails.  Ooh, an alligator! Think I’ll go take a selfie.

[mountaineer]

I'm guessing wine was a factor in her decision to pet the gator.