{"id":3944,"date":"2025-06-21T23:22:59","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T23:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=3944"},"modified":"2025-06-21T23:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T23:22:59","slug":"girl-12-attacked-by-12-foot-alligator-while-playing-in-n-c-lake-something-bit-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=3944","title":{"rendered":"Girl, 12, Attacked by 12-Foot Alligator While Playing in N.C. Lake: \u2018Something Bit Me!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">A 12-year-old girl was injured by a more than 12-foot-long alligator at a lake in North Carolina on Friday, June 13<\/li>\n<li>Other children were also in the body of water, but are \u201call fine\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cShe had a few stitches and, other than that, she\u2019s doing great,\u201d authorities say<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A 12-year-old girl was injured by an alligator at a lake in North Carolina, the first of such an incident in the area\u2019s history, authorities said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Friday, June 13, multiple kids were playing in Lake Waccamaw, a large, freshwater lake, when a child screamed, \u201cSomething bit me!\u201d As the children rushed out of the water, which was four feet deep, an alligator emerged from the same spot, the Lake Waccamaw Police Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">\n<div id=\"teknolojibura.com_responsive_2\" data-google-query-id=\"CLWBnN_Tg44DFQZQpAQdSfYnXw\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23201474937\/teknolojibura.com\/teknolojibura.com_responsive_2_0__container__\">\u201cThe injuries sustained were serious, but not life-threatening in any way,\u201d said police of the child\u2019s injury. \u201cIt is also unclear as to if the injuries were caused by a bite or a claw. But they were definitely caused by the alligator.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After the attack, the animal was \u201cneutralized,\u201d according to authorities. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) confirmed that the move is standard procedure when a human encounters an alligator, according to NBC affiliate WECT.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the hurt child will recover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe had a few stitches and, other than that, she\u2019s doing great,\u201d Scott Hyatt, Chief of Police of the Lake Waccamaw Police Department, tells PEOPLE. He confirms that the victim is a 12-year-old girl and that the rest of the children are \u201call fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the initial statement described the alligator as six to seven feet long, Hyatt says the alligator was actually over 12 feet in length once officials had a chance to measure it. \u201cIt\u2019s a monster,\u201d he says of the size.<\/p>\n<p>The alligator attack is the first ever to happen in Lake Waccamaw\u2019s history, Hyatt adds. The lake has approximately 570 alligators.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>Alicia Wassmer, an alligator biologist with the NCWRC, confirmed to WECT that the young girl didn\u2019t do anything wrong. 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