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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Steve Hamilton was fishing in Winter Garden when he was attacked by gator, which was later killed</p><p>A man fishing at a pond in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Florida</a> was killed on Friday by an alligator that was almost 12ft long in a rare kind of animal attack, according to authorities and media reports.</p><p>Steve Hamilton, 71, was on the shoreline in the community of Winter Garden when the animal dragged him into the water, the Florida news outlet WOFL <a href="https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/crews-respond-report-alligator-attack-winter-garden-park-officials-say" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">reported</a>, citing local police and the state’s fish and wildlife conservation commission.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/17/alligator-attack-florida-fisher-killed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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