Sabrina Peckham, 41, was killed and dragged by the beast in September into a canal along a residential street in Largo, a small community four miles south of Clearwater.
After a bystander noticed Peckham’s mangled body in the gator’s jaws, officials yanked the carnivorous animal out of the water using rope and chains, according to the video obtained by Fox 13.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials can be seen laying the beast out on the pavement — where they measured it to be a jaw-dropping 13 feet and 9.5 inches long — before using a rifle to fatally shoot the animal.
The gator was eventually cut open so FWC officials could remove some of Peckham’s remains.
Although what provoked the beast to snatch her remains a mystery, an accompanying FWC report offers some clues into what may have led up to the deadly encounter.
Peckham was living at a makeshift campsite just 35 feet from the canal. There was no evidence the gator had ever been at the camp and Peckham’s body didn’t show signs that she had been in the water before the massive reptile dragged her in.
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