Man Eaten by an alligator.
--A few days since the body of a man, horribly mangled,--only that portion above the lower ribs — was found on Hadnot's creek, in Onslow county, North Carolina. He proved to have been killed by an alligator. A letter from a farmer in the county to the Wilmington Journal says:‘ "This morning, while talking with a friend, I heard an alligator catch one of my hogs; I caught my gun and ran to the scene of action, and found the alligator with a large hog of mine in the creek.--I shot and killed him. On getting him out, I found him to be one of the largest I had ever seen; he was also uncommonly full. We cut him up, and found in his stomach the foot and leg and the lower part of the trunk of a man. These parts doubtless belonged to the same body of which the upper parts have already been found. Where the man came from, or who he was, I have no means of ascertaining. It is believed that he was a deserter from our side or from the enemy's, and was caught by the alligator while trying to swim the creek. We also found the hoofs and leg-bones of a cow, doubtless the remains of a cow which lately disappeared from my pasture."
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