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Post by theevan on Aug 31, 2021 10:18:10 GMT -5
ST. TAMMANY MAN KILLED BY ALLIGATOR
***STPSO Investigating After Apparent Alligator Attack***
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating after an apparent alligator attack, which occurred around midday Monday (August 30).
At approximately noon Monday a resident in Avery Estates off Highway 90 in Slidell contacted the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office after her 71-year-old husband was attacked and apparently killed by an alligator while walking in flood waters following Hurricane Ida.
She told deputies she was inside her residence when she heard a commotion and went outside to see a large alligator attacking her husband.
She immediately ran to her husband’s aide in an attempt to stop the attack. Once the attacked stopped, she pulled her husband out of the flood waters, and returned inside to gather first aide supplies.
When she returned and realized the severity of his injuries, she immediately got into her pirogue and went to higher ground, which was approximately a mile away, to get help. When she returned her husband was no longer lying on the steps.
STPSO used high water vehicles and flatboats in an attempt to locate the victim, but as of this time all attempts have been futile. The incident is under investigation and no other information is available at this time.
Sheriff Randy Smith warns residents to be extra vigilant with walking in flooded areas as wildlife has been displaced as well during this storm and alligators and other animals may have moved closer into neighborhoods.
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Post by Marty on Aug 31, 2021 10:22:41 GMT -5
Check his life insurance policy to see if he was worth killing.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Aug 31, 2021 10:24:58 GMT -5
Check his life insurance policy to see if he was worth killing. Some people are so irritating that their life insurance status is irrelevant. Edit: (Guess I should add a smiley face. 😄)
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Post by TKennedy on Aug 31, 2021 10:38:27 GMT -5
Her name was just released, Mrs Amos Moses.
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Post by Village Idiot on Aug 31, 2021 11:17:50 GMT -5
I would think that an alligator, which can go for a long time without food, would be busy enough adjusting to itself to the post-hurricane stuff that it wouldn't be thinking of a meal right now.
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Post by gbacklin on Aug 31, 2021 11:27:59 GMT -5
...She immediately ran to her husband’s aide in an attempt to stop the attack. Once the attacked stopped, she pulled her husband out of the flood waters, and returned inside to gather first aide supplies... If Im not mistaken, its pretty hard to stop an alligator especially if it has a good grip on its food. She may have, however read the manual
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Post by Marty on Aug 31, 2021 11:29:42 GMT -5
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Post by John B on Aug 31, 2021 11:49:00 GMT -5
When I first read the article, I thought she went to grab her pierogi, rather than her pirogue. Makes a big difference in how one interprets her actions.
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Post by Shannon on Aug 31, 2021 11:58:35 GMT -5
Wonder how old she is? Her husband was 71.
If she paddled her pirogue a mile to higher ground, one would assume she was paddling upstream, at least a little bit (although that area should be pretty flat). A pirogue is not the easiest craft to maneuver, either. A pretty impressive feat!
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Post by billhammond on Aug 31, 2021 12:07:02 GMT -5
Polk Salad Grampa.
< CHOMP >
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Post by Shannon on Aug 31, 2021 12:43:14 GMT -5
Seriously, though, if there really was no foul play involved, this is a tragic episode for the woman, no matter what happened.
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Post by james on Aug 31, 2021 12:45:09 GMT -5
Wonder how old she is? Her husband was 71. If she paddled her pirogue a mile to higher ground, one would assume she was paddling upstream, at least a little bit (although that area should be pretty flat). A pirogue is not the easiest craft to maneuver, either. A pretty impressive feat! Maybe the pirogue had an outboard motor?* Without further investigation/information, at this stage I am not much inclined to question the widow's account. *Edit - "Paddled" is right according to another report. It also says "Investigators say physical evidence supports the woman's story. Arterial blood was found in one spot, for example". www.nola.com/news/article_474367d0-0a04-11ec-a07a-f3b6d310d9f5.html
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Post by james on Sept 4, 2021 21:48:09 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on Sept 5, 2021 8:37:33 GMT -5
Polk Salad Grampa. < CHOMP > <CHOMP CHOMP> Gator's got your Granny.
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Post by theevan on Sept 5, 2021 8:49:27 GMT -5
It's looking more and more like a legitimate story. I think the writing of it had a lot to do with my skepticism as well as an alligator death which never happens. Plus a mile in a pirogue.
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Post by Marshall on Sept 5, 2021 9:01:31 GMT -5
Mean, spiteful, straight razor-toed woman
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Post by drlj on Sept 5, 2021 9:06:54 GMT -5
The woman’s husband gets killed by an alligator and you guys, who don’t know her or any of the circumstances, accuse her of murder. Nice.
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Post by dradtke on Sept 5, 2021 9:08:16 GMT -5
Mean, spiteful, straight razor-toed woman I thought it was straight-razor-totin'. Razor-toed is a whole 'nother image.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Sept 5, 2021 9:15:05 GMT -5
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Post by coachdoc on Sept 5, 2021 11:02:53 GMT -5
Seriously, though, if there really was no foul play involved, this is a tragic episode for the woman, no matter what happened. You always look for the better nature in us.
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