Questions surround alleged gator attack

(WFLA) A Florida father is searching for answers after his 45-year-old son was found dead inside an alligator’s mouth in Polk County last Thursday.

“I had a feeling it was my son that morning when it came on TV. Strange, but I had the feeling,” said Michael Ford Sr., of Bowling Green, Florida.

Ford last saw his son on Tuesday, June 25 when Michael Ford II showed up at his house. Ford Sr. noted that his son seemed off and was barefoot.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says Ford, of Wauchula, was found in a canal on property owned by the Mosaic Company near Fort Meade on June 27.

The Mosaic employee who found him said the alligator had the man in his mouth, according to the 911 call. When responders arrived, the alligator had disengaged.

Parts of Ford’s body were found inside the 450-pound alligator after it was killed and then examined at the Medical Examiner’s Office.

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