On November 23, Riggins' body was discovered in the lake with gator bite' marks, by divers from the sheriff's office who said an "aggressive" animal came after them while they were taking the remains out of water, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
An autopsy on the man showed that he drowned after a reptile attack. According to a statement by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, a necropsy on the alligator found Riggins' remains in the gator's stomach.
"When the body was found, it had injuries that were consistent with an alligator attack," Maj. Tod Goodyear with BCSO said. "We had trappers euthanize the gator and when we opened it up, there were some remains inside that were consistent with injuries found on the body."
"He hid in the wrong place," one Barefoot Bay resident told Bay 9 News. "I would say it's poetic justice, you want to sit there and steal from people," another said.
There's a famous saying that goes something like, "Let sleeping alligators lie." Perhaps somebody should have let Riggins know.
