The community of Hilton Head, South Carolina is in mourning after a 45-year-old resident was killed by an alligator on Monday.
Cassandra Cline, a local kindergarten teacher, was reportedly walking her dog near a lagoon when the alligator approached, grabbing hold of her dog’s leash.
When Cline pulled back, trying to save the pet, the alligator lunged at her and dragged her into the small body of water instead,ABC news reports.
Authorities were called to the private lagoon, located on the Sea Pines Resort property, but by the time they arrived Cline was no longer conscious. Speaking on the Today show Tuesday morning, Cline’s mother said she is devastated by the news.
“I cannot make any sense of what’s happened, none at all,” her mother said through tears. “Because she would never go near an alligator, she would never irritate an alligator. I just keep thinking about her being dragged away by that, and I can’t imagine it.”
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