A woman was hospitalized over the holiday weekend after being bitten by an alligator in Florida.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a 77-year-old woman was walking by a pond just before 6 p.m. in the gated Lakewood Ranch community in Bradenton when she was bit by the reptile.
Bradenton is in Manatee County, about 20 miles from Sarasota.
The woman was taken to a hospital to be treated for unspecified injuries, FWC spokeswoman Tammy Sapp told USA TODAY Tuesday.
According to officials, someone who witnessed the attack kept an eye on the reptile until an FWC trapper arrived and removed a 7’10” alligator.
The FWC is confident the alligator responsible was removed, Sapp said, as there were no other reptiles in the area fitting the size and description of the responsible alligator.
As of Tuesday, Sapp said, the woman was recovering.
No one else was injured in the attack.
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