Alligator attacks are not uncommon in Florida, although deaths from them are. Out of 243 total reported attacks between 2000 and 2021 only 18 resulted in fatalities, according to an FWC report .

A man in central Florida was left with an amputated arm after an alligator attacked him in Lake Monroe early Sunday morning. According to local reports, officials with the state's Fish and ...

Wildlife officials are investigating after a man was reportedly bitten by an alligator while swimming in a Seminole County lake, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Timothy Schultz, 42, charged at his deputies holding a pair of garden shears after swimming across a lake where he was attacked by an alligator.

A woman was killed by an alligator May 6, 2025, while on Lake Kissimmee in Florida. FWC estimates Lake Kissimmee has second highest population of gators in the state, with Lake Okeechobee No. 1.

Alligator attacks in Florida. Since 1948, when officials began tracking alligator bites involving people in Florida, there have been 487 unprovoked bites through 2024, according to FWC data.

Alligator Grabs Woman Out of Canoe in Front of Her Husband, Then Her Body Is Spotted Floating in Lake. From 1948 to 2024, Florida has recorded 487 unprovoked alligator bites on humans, with 27 ...

A man in central Florida was left with an amputated arm after an alligator attacked him in Lake Monroe early Sunday morning. According to local reports, officials with the state's Fish and ...