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A alligator of 12 feet long (3. 31 meters) and 504 pounds (228. 5 kilograms) weight was captured Monday by Louisiana authorities with human remains in his stomach.
Apparently, the reptile attacked a man during the floods of Hurricane Ida two weeks ago.
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office reported that the local forensic laboratory is working to determine if the remains found belong to Timothy Satterlee, from 71 years, who disappeared after the attack that occurred on 30 of August.
Satterlee was attacked while walking outside her home, which was found surrounded by flooding, in the suburb of Slidell in New Orleans , on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain.
Hurricane Ida caused widespread flooding and left southern Louisiana without power or phone service when it made landfall on 29 August.
In their statement, authorities said Satterlee’s wife heard a splash and left her home to witness the alligator attack her husband .
Mrs. Satterlee dragged her seriously injured husband up the steps of her house and then he went out in a boat to get help.
However, when he returned In the company of the officers, Satterlee had disappeared
71 – year-old Timothy Satterlee Sr., who was killed by an alligator in Slidell the day after Hurricane Ida, is remembered for his giving heart and his volunteer work.
“He was a rare gem.”
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