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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd has issued an alligator advisory and installed a sign for the Tiger Creek area following ...
ORLANDO, Fla. – A new warning sign was posted in Polk County after a woman was recently attacked and killed by an alligator.
Florida woman Cynthia Diekema, 61, was killed by an alligator on a canoe trip on Lake Kissimmee on May 6, 2025. While out ...
While rare, alligator attacks can happen. Here are five ways to stay safe around alligators in Florida waters.
A family in Fort Myers had an unexpected visitor when a large alligator appeared on their porch Friday morning. The Lee ...
Since 1948, when officials began tracking alligator bites involving people in Florida, there have been 487 unprovoked bites ...
A large alligator was caught on video "chomping at the bit" to get into a Southwest Florida home on May 9, 2025.
The gator thrashed, throwing the woman from the boat, FWC said. The woman landed on top of the gator in the water and was ...
A tragic alligator attack on Lake Kissimmee in Polk Co. resulted in the death of a woman after an alligator tipped over the ...
A woman’s body has been recovered from Florida’s Lake Kissimmee after reports of “an alligator attack” on a canoeist, investigators say. It happened just after 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, near the mouth of ...
Cynthia Diekema, 61, was killed after the canoe she was riding in with her husband drifted over a large alligator, Florida ...
An alligator attacked and killed a woman who was canoeing with her husband on a central Florida lake Tuesday afternoon after ...