国家地理:Real-Life CSI: Hunter & Hunted: Gator Attack 鳄鱼攻击
Almost ninety percent of all alligators die in their first two years of life, falling prey to other predators including their own. But normally they don't prey on humans, so why would an alligator attack a woman.
Yovy Jimenez's fatal encounter is the first ever by an alligator in the Fort Lauderdale area. The attacks shock the community. Only seventeen people have been killed by alligators in the last half century. But before authorities could make sense of the attack, another incident. This time, just north of Tampa Bay. Fred Filderbs lives on the bank of a small suburban canal.
"My wife saw what appeared to be a pair of pants floating in the water right out of our kitchen window about one o'clock on Saturday. I didn't think anything of it."
But the next morning, on Mother's Day, an unsettling discovery was moments away.
"My wife was still asleep, and so were the kids. I went to the street to get the paper, and Bailey, the dog that I'm watching bolted to the backyard. I said 'Oh, I'd better (to) make sure he is OK', so I ran to the backyard."
The dog had led Fred back to the canal.
"And I looked at that, that's um...that looks like a pair of pants floating on the water. And then just something clicked. That's not what it appears to be. So I ran up to the house and I'm screaming at my wife 'get up, get up, get up, there are something in the pond, I think it's a body.' She, she quickly got up and ran down to the scene, and she said 'Oh, no, those were the pants I saw by those tree though, and then there, her sneaker comes just raised above the water. I said 'oh, man, that's not, that's somebody's body."
How did this person end up in Fred Filderbs' backyard canal? Authorities determine the body belongs to 43-year-old Judy Cooper. Like Yovy Jimenez, severe bite marks to Judy's remains also show that an alligator was involved. Incredibly, two women seemed to have fallen victim to alligators just within days of each other. The odds are astonishing. Lethal attacks are extremely rare, but then, on the same day, a third victim...
Yovy Jimenez's fatal encounter is the first ever by an alligator in the Fort Lauderdale area. The attacks shock the community. Only seventeen people have been killed by alligators in the last half century. But before authorities could make sense of the attack, another incident. This time, just north of Tampa Bay. Fred Filderbs lives on the bank of a small suburban canal.
"My wife saw what appeared to be a pair of pants floating in the water right out of our kitchen window about one o'clock on Saturday. I didn't think anything of it."
But the next morning, on Mother's Day, an unsettling discovery was moments away.
"My wife was still asleep, and so were the kids. I went to the street to get the paper, and Bailey, the dog that I'm watching bolted to the backyard. I said 'Oh, I'd better (to) make sure he is OK', so I ran to the backyard."
The dog had led Fred back to the canal.
"And I looked at that, that's um...that looks like a pair of pants floating on the water. And then just something clicked. That's not what it appears to be. So I ran up to the house and I'm screaming at my wife 'get up, get up, get up, there are something in the pond, I think it's a body.' She, she quickly got up and ran down to the scene, and she said 'Oh, no, those were the pants I saw by those tree though, and then there, her sneaker comes just raised above the water. I said 'oh, man, that's not, that's somebody's body."
How did this person end up in Fred Filderbs' backyard canal? Authorities determine the body belongs to 43-year-old Judy Cooper. Like Yovy Jimenez, severe bite marks to Judy's remains also show that an alligator was involved. Incredibly, two women seemed to have fallen victim to alligators just within days of each other. The odds are astonishing. Lethal attacks are extremely rare, but then, on the same day, a third victim...
