Gosic
Related Articles
[ad_1]
Top line
A Louisiana coroner confirmed Thursday that the human remains found inside a massive alligator were that of a New Orleans area man who went missing after being attacked in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in the first deadly alligator attack of the state in modern times seems to be.
The remains of a 71-year-old man who went missing after Hurricane Ida were found in a massif … [+]
getty
Important facts
St. Tammany Coroner, Dr. Charles Preston said the remains found in a 12-foot-long, 504-pound alligator were those of 71-year-old Timothy Satterlee, who disappeared on August 30 after an alligator attack.
The man’s wife said she heard a splash after he left his house one day after Hurricane Ida blew through the area and went out to see him attacked by the alligator that hit him Arm ripped off.
The woman then went off in a boat to find a cell phone signal area to dial 911, but Satterlee was gone when she got back to the house – along with the alligator.
The local sheriff’s deputies found the giant alligator near Satterlee’s house two weeks after the attack, captured it, and killed it, finding human remains inside.
Preston said he will likely decide the death was an accident.
Surprising fact
Louisiana has more than 2 million alligators in the wild, but the reptiles rarely attack humans. Fatal attacks are largely unknown, but at least one other death in the state’s history is believed to be the result of an alligator attack. A French blacksmith named Jacques du Bois was found naked and dead on a river bank in 1774. A coroner ruled that he had been attacked by an alligator while bathing in the river St. Charles Herald Leader.
Big number
1. According to the University of Florida, this is the average annual death rate by alligators in the United States.
Key background
The shocking attack came just a day after Hurricane Ida hit land in sustained winds of 150 mph, connecting it to two other storms that hit the hurricane-prone state the hardest in recorded history. The storm devastated coastal communities in southern Louisiana and resulted in more than 1 million power outages across the state, many of which lasted days or even weeks. Ida’s powerful remains then moved north, causing further destruction in the northeast. Most of the deaths caused by Ida occurred in New York and New Jersey, where at least 48 people died, mostly from drowning from flooding.
further reading
Human remains found in an alligator officially identified by the St. Tammany Coroner (The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)
Louisiana’s only deadly alligator attack (St. Charles Herald-Guide)
New Orleans faces a 105 degree heat index as the city goes without power (Forbes)
