A crocodile kills a florida woman after tying it on her canoe, investigators say world news

Scheduled Tribes. Petersburg, Florida: A crocodile killed a Florida woman after tipping a canoe and her husband was paddling, who investigators say an accidental encounter appeared. The attack took place near the mouth of Tiger Creek on Tuesday afternoon, which is in Lake Kissimi, south of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. It is near the same place in the form of a march crocodile attack in which a woman was bitten on the elbow during Kohinga. Investigators said at a news conference on Wednesday that the couple was canoeing in about 2.5 feet (less than 1 meter) in water when they came on a large crocodile. The shocking animal suddenly tired, tipping over the canoe and sent both people into the water. FWC Executive Director Roger Young said, “It seems that the crocodile above the cano. The crocodile was shocked.” The witnesses told the investigators that the husband tried to fight the animal, but failed. FWC officials recognized the victim as 61 -year -old Synthia Dikema of Devanport, Florida. It was not clear that her husband was injured. Officials said that a trapper caught a crocodile measuring more than 11 feet (3.3 m), which was suspected to be involved, but investigators caught another big crocodile who could have been responsible, the officials said. Since 1948, when the authorities began monitoring the cutting of crocodiles involving people in Florida, according to FWC data, 487 have gone through 2024 unsecured bite through 2024. Among them, 339 major were cutting and 27 were deadly. Officials said the most recent deadly crocodile was attacked in February 2023 when 85 -year -old Gloria Surge was killed while walking to his dog with a community pond in Fort Pierce. Earlier that year, a 23 -year -old man lost his hand in an attack near a pond behind once in Port Charlotte. Young said that Elegator is more common with humans during spring intercourse when they are most active, Young said. Florida has an estimated 1.3 million crocodiles. “While fatal attacks occurring as a result of crocodile attack are extremely rare, this tragedy reminds of powerful wildlife that shares our natural places,” Young said. “Be cautious with your surroundings. Know what wildlife is in this area.” The crocodile attack comes when FWC officials continued to investigate the attack of a rare deadly black bear on Monday, which killed 89-year-old Robert Merkel and his dog near their home in Kolier County in Southwest Florida. Since the attack, wildlife officials have hit three bears in the area. FWC has planned a public hearing to organize a black bear hunting in parts of Florida later this year.