A 69-year-old woman in Hilton Head, South Carolina, died July 4 after being attacked by an alligator near a lagoon close to a golf course, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.

As the saying goes, "The alligator that attacks is the one you don't see," so be particularly careful around dark water.

Cynthia Diekema, 61, was canoeing with her husband last year when they crashed into an alligator in their canoe and both fell into the water, according to a report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...