A crocodile attacks an American woman and “guards” her corpse

US authorities announced the death of a South Carolina woman on Tuesday after she was attacked by an alligator while she was walking her dog near a golf course.

The unnamed 69-year-old woman was found dead in Spanish Wells on Hilton Head Island, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

It was found on the edge of a lake bordering a golf course. That appeared Crocodile guarding a woman’s body This hampered efforts to rescue her, according to the police office.

Later, the crocodile was removed from the scene of the attack, and the woman’s body was recovered. It is currently being dissected.

Recall that this is the second Deadly attack by a crocodile in the county over the past year, according to the chief of police. It was an 88-year-old Sun City woman I was attacked by a crocodile In a lake near her home in August 2022.