A woman’s body has been recovered from Florida’s Lake Kissimmee after reports of “an alligator attack” on a canoeist, ...

Peter Frank is in the midst of paddling over 6,000 miles around the Eastern United States, up river, with a prevailing ...

Florida woman Cynthia Diekema, 61, was killed by an alligator on a canoe trip on Lake Kissimmee on May 6, 2025. While out ...

Evan Laskowski said the woman was sitting in the bow of a 14-foot canoe when the attack happened. She and her husband were in about 2.5 feet of water when the boat passed over a large alligator ...

On May 6, an alligator thrashed and tipped over a couple’s canoe in Central Florida where it attacked a woman and killed her.

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This happened because their canoe passed over the alligator, causing the animal to thrash. This action led into the reptile tipping them into the water, according to what FWC major Evan Laskowski ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say appeared to be an accidental encounter.

THEY SAY THEIR 14 FOOT CANOE WAS TRAVELING IN JUST 2.5FT OF WATER WHEN THE COUPLE PASSED OVER A LARGE ALLIGATOR, CAUSING THE GATOR TO THRASH, ULTIMATELY TIPPING THE CANOE OVER AND SENDING THE ...

Wildlife officials revealed the couple's 14-foot canoe was in just two feet of water when the alligator suddenly thrashed beneath them. The alligator caused the couple's canoe to flip, pulling ...