The monstrous alligator that killed Florida hiker Brittany Clark clamped onto her arm and launched into a vicious “death roll” before her determined boyfriend wrestled her from its crushing jaws and dragged her to the shore, according to a medical report.
Clark was swimming in the Econlockhatchee River at Little Big Econ State Forest Sunday when a 13-foot gator chomped down on her arm and twisted into a savage “death roll” — the terrifying spinning attack used to drown or tear apart prey, the medical examiner’s report obtained by the Palm Beach Post said.
The 31-year-old’s boyfriend, Chance Allison, rushed to wrestle the massive reptile off his girlfriend, but the alligator dragged them both beneath the water, the report said.
Clark, an Orlando construction worker, was briefly freed before the gator latched onto her other arm and it wasn’t until Allison hauled them both to shore that the beast finally released her, according to the report.
Shocking audio from the panicked 911 call obtained by The Post revealed details of the horror attack, with a woman describing Clark’s injuries as “horrible,” adding that “one of her arms is completely off and the other one is like attached barely.”
Clark can be heard crying in the background, as the dispatcher asks if her detached arm can be found.
The victim died on the way to the hospital from “multiple blunt force injuries of the upper extremities,” according to a medical examiner report obtained by The Times.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said that Clark did not appear to have done anything “malicious” to provoke the alligator, and had been swimming in “about three feet of water” at the time of the attack.
The agency has since captured and killed two alligators, measuring 13 feet and 12.5 feet, as part of their investigation.
A FWC spokesman previously told The Post: “Serious injuries caused by alligators are rare in Florida.”
Between 1948 and 2025, the FWC recorded a total of 500 unprovoked bites in Florida, of which 32 resulted in fatalities, Click Orlando reported.
Conservation biologist and experienced alligator handler Joseph Wasilewski warned of the dangers of entering the water in Florida in an interview with The Post.
“I personally would only swim during the heat of the day in an area that other people are watching,” Wasilewski — who has worked with and studied alligators and crocodiles for over 50 years — said.
“If you do go in the water, make sure you have someone standing by watching,” he advised. “Have someone on the shore that’ll watch, because if there’s an alligator, they’ll see it coming.”
However, he said the best way to stay safe in the water in Florida is to just “stay the hell out.”