List of fatal alligator attacks in the United States

Warning sign, Texas

This is a list of fatal alligator attacks in the United States in reverse chronological order by decade. All occurred in the South, where alligators are endemic to wetlands and tidal marshes. The state of Florida, where most attacks and deaths occur, began keeping records of alligator attacks in 1948.[1]

  1. ^ Beastly Natures: Animals, Humans, and the Study of History. University of Virginia Press. 3 August 2010. ISBN 9780813929958.