National Enquirer

GATOR DROWNED GAL WHO DEFIED PALS’ WARNINGS!

MOVED CLOSE TO SNAP PIC OF LOUNGING SNAPPER

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FOOLISHLY ignoring the warnings of friends, a South Carolina woman approached a giant ten-foot gator that grabbed her leg and dragged her into a lake where she drowned!

Cynthia Covert, 58, was visiting pals who live near a freshwater pond on Kiawah Island in Charleston County when she spotted the reptile lounging in the reptile lounging in the water.

Horrified eyewitness­es said Cynthia laughed off their warnings to steer clear of the beast and outrageous­ly crept closer to touch it and snap pictures. According to police reports, Barbara Howell begged Cynthia to back off, telling her the gator had snatched a deer from the same spot the previous week, but her friend simply said, “I don’t look like a deer!”

But when the hairstylis­t was within four feet of the deadly creature, it lunged at her and locked its vise-like jaws around her leg.

As the animal began dragging helpless Cynthia toward the lake, Barbara called 911.

Before long, Cynthia was waist-deep in the murky water and, according to police, told her friends, “I guess I won’t do this again.”

Barbara’s bloodcurdl­ing screams drew the attention of neighbor Michael Clawson, who helped Barbara’s husband, William, throw a rope to Cynthia.

She grabbed the lifeline, and the men attempted to pull her to safety. But that’s when the raging reptile began to roll — and dragged Cynthia beneath the water!

Sadly, Cynthia lost her grip on the rope, and she was pulled further out into the pond.

The animal repeatedly vanished and resurfaced — still clutching Cynthia’s mangled leg in its maw!

At one point, she didn’t appear again until about ten minutes after the arrival of police and firefighte­rs.

The first responders attempted to retrieve Cynthia, but the gator dragged her under once more.

When her limp body finally reemerged, they attempted in vain to rescue her from her tormenter’s jaws.

Finally, an officer pumped a bullet into the vicious critter’s head, causing it to release its victim.

It took several more gunshots to finally kill the bloodthirs­ty beast.

Cynthia’s leg was severely shredded, but her body was intact. However, she was declared dead by accidental drowning at a local hospital. Shockingly, Cynthia is the third victim of deadly alligator attacks in the rea in just four years.

In 2018, Cassandra Cline, 45, was killed by a gator that had also attacked her dog in nearby Hilton Head, and two years earlier, a 90-year-old woman was fatally mauled by an alligator after wandering away from her assisted-living facility in Charleston.

 ??  ?? The incident happened at a pond on Kiawah Island in Charleston County, S.C.
Cynthia Covert’s last words were “I guess I won’t do this
again”
Cassandra
Cline
A deputy fatally shot and retrieved the bloodthirs­ty
beast
The incident happened at a pond on Kiawah Island in Charleston County, S.C. Cynthia Covert’s last words were “I guess I won’t do this again” Cassandra Cline A deputy fatally shot and retrieved the bloodthirs­ty beast

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