A man who ignored “no swimming” signs around a Texas bayou and mocked the threat of alligators as he leapt into the water has been killed in an apparent alligator attack.
The body of Tommie Woodward, 28, was found hours after he jumped into the water to go swimming, in what Texan investigators have called the first recorded fatal alligator attack in the state.
A “No swimming, alligators” sign had been posted at Burkark’s Marina after its owner had spotted a 10-ft alligator in the body of water his establishment overlooks.
Rodney Price, the Justice of the Peace in Orange County told local news station KDFM that Woodward had shouted “[blank] the alligators” before he leaped into the water, followed by an unidentified woman, and almost immediately called for help.
Orange County Police found his Woodward’s body some hours later. The woman is reportedly unharmed.
Marina employee Michelle Wright told KDFM that she pleaded with Woodward not to enter the water on Friday night.
“Please do not go swimming, there’s a bigger alligator out here. Just please stay out of the water,” Wright said she told Woodward.
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