The body of Sean Thomas McGuinness, 47, was found with an arm torn off in the lake of a Florida public park on May 31. His body was discovered by a person who was walking their dog that morning. pic.twitter.com/3jl9hZXYoC
We had spoken with him and asked him about the danger associated with going in the water and he had said if you show [alligators] some kind of mutual respect they have a relationship with you,” said Sperry.
Sperry said McGuinness had even named some of the alligators in the lake.
“He named the big one, the 10-footer, Willy,” Sperry said
美国佛罗里达州发生一起恐怖意外，一名男子为了捡飞盘，涉水进入有鳄鱼出没的湖泊后失踪，不幸身亡，遗体被发现时四肢中有三肢凭空消失。警方认为，他的死亡明显与鳄鱼攻击有关。
《每日星报》报导，这起事件发生于佛州拉戈市的泰勒湖（Taylor Lake），47岁男子麦吉尼斯（Sean Thomas McGuinness）曾被警告湖中有鳄鱼出没，但仍冒险下水捡飞盘，5月31日被遛狗的路人发现时尸体不全，四肢仅剩一条，验尸报告预计7月底出炉。
麦吉尼斯在佛州没有家人，原先在友人家中过着寄人篱下的生活，但努力靠自己赚钱糊口，直到今年1月因生病被要求搬出，靠着捡拾并转售从附近高尔夫球场掉进水里的飞盘维生。
当地警方先前说明，麦吉尼斯的确切死因仍有待法医判定，但很明显与湖中的短吻鳄有关。当地野生动物专家事后已经猎捕并安乐死二只大型短吻鳄，但事后证实它们与麦吉尼斯的死亡无关，警方正深入调查案情。