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A large alligator was found Tuesday carrying a human body in its jaws, Florida police officials said.
The alligator was first spotted by a person near Lake Hunter in Lakeland, before it swam off into the lake with the body still in its mouth, according to a statement by the Lakeland Police Department.
When officers arrived, the alligator was still holding the body in its mouth, Sgt. Gary Gross told WFLA. The animal later released the body and officers were able to retrieve it.
It was not clear if the person died before it was attacked by the alligator, but Gross said the person appeared to have been dead for more than a day.
"The officers immediately got their firearms out in case the gator comes up," he told the station. "Once he left they didn't want him coming back and pull the body back out."
Police also asked the Florida Fish and Wildlife to respond to the area to help track and trap the alligator. Gross told WFLA officials wanted to do tests on the animal to see if it had human parts in its stomach.
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