The lagoon was across the street from her vacation home in a private resort on Hilton Head Island. According to witnesses, Cline was walking her dog when an alligator, about 8 feet long, “attacked and pulled” her into the water. Security staff also viewed surveillance video of the attack, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources spokesman Capt. “The lady tried to rescue the dog and a maintenance worker ran over to help.”Both were trying to save the dog, but the alligator dragged the woman into the water, he said. McCullough said Cline was the second person to die from an alligator attack in South Carolina history.

Source: Fox News August 21, 2018 01:07 UTC