Sounds like something straight out of a horror film, right? Well, unfortunately, this story is true. In Florida, a man who was fishing just before a job interview spotted a huge alligator with what appeared to be a human torso in its mouth. He rushed to a nearby fire station, where authorities confirmed that the gator was indeed dragging around a corpse.
From The Sun:
First responders raced to a park in Largo, 30 minutes from Tampa, to rescue the remains and investigate what happened on Friday.
JaMarcus Bullard said he was looking for fish in a neighborhood lake while waiting for a job interview when he spotted the gator.
"I noticed it had a body in its mouth, like a lower torso," he told Tampa Fox affiliate WTVT.
"So once I realized that, I ran straight to the fire department and got them. They confirmed there was a body."
Florida Fish and Wildlife officers wrestled the gator out of the water at around 2pm so that first responders could recover the body.
The reptile was humanely killed, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said.
It's unclear if the person died from a gator attack, or if the beast got a hold of the body after the victim's death.
Cops haven't offered many details about the victim except that it was an adult and that an autopsy will soon be underway.
Friday was the first time that Bullard had seen an alligator in real life, so he remembers initially feeling lucky to see one.
"But once I saw what it had I was like, 'Is that a mannequin?'" he said.
"It looked pale and white."
Bullard's report led to a huge response from dozens of cops and firefighters, who blocked off the area as investigators searched for answers about what led up to the tragedy.
Bullard said that he was shaken after realizing the body was recovered right in front of a school and a Boys and Girls Club.
"All I can think about is all of these little kids that go to the school right behind me," said Bullard.
"They come this way every single day."
Good Lord, I hope and pray that the victim wasn't a child.
Details still haven't been released, but hopefully, our worst fears won't be confirmed.
