A large alligator ripped off a man’s arm as he walked through an area of Louisiana flooded by the rains brought by Hurricane Ida, and now the man is missing, the bailiff’s office said.
The 71-year-old man’s wife told officers she heard screams around noon Monday and that on leaving she saw the alligator attacking her husband in Slidell, a New Orleans suburb. , said the St. Louis District Sheriff’s Office. Tammany has a statement.
According to the woman, the alligator had caught him and was turning, police captain Lance Vitter said in statements to The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate.
The woman told authorities the alligator ripped off the man’s arm, knocking him unconscious.
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She added that when the alligator stopped her attack, she was able to get her husband out of the water and went for the first aid kit. When he realized the severity of his injuries, he climbed into his canoe and paddled to a higher area a mile and a half (1 mile) away for help, the bailiff’s office said in the text. . When she returned with the officers, her husband had disappeared.
The bailiff’s office, which did not identify the man, said he used vehicles for floodwaters and boats to try to find him, “but all attempts have been in vain.”
The bailiff’s office urged residents to be very vigilant as they walk through flooded areas, as wildlife, including alligators, black bears, venomous snakes and wild pigs, may have approached urban areas after see displaced by Ida.