Officials: Louisiana man missing after apparent alligator attack in Ida flood waters

Flood waters in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida.
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The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office in Louisiana on Monday said it is investigating a report that in the wake of Hurricane Ida, a 71-year-old man was fatally attacked by an alligator while walking in flood waters.

The incident took place in Slidell near the Southeast Louisiana Wildlife Refuge, NOLA.com reports. The man's wife told authorities that after her husband went to look at something in their shed, she heard a splash, a spokesman for the sheriff's office said.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.