A woman told deputies that she saw a large alligator attacking her husband outside their residence on Monday.
A Louisiana man was missing and presumed dead after an alligator attacked him on Monday in an area that was flooded during Hurricane Ida, the authorities said. A woman said that at about noon on Monday, her 71-year-old husband was attacked by an alligator while walking in floodwaters at their home in the city of Slidell, about 30 miles northeast of New Orleans on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain, according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office. The woman, whose name was not released, told deputies that she was inside her home when she heard a commotion.
