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March 9, 2010 4:16 p.m. EST

Hansen Sinclair - AHN Reporter
Charleston, SC, United States (AHN) - An elderly woman almost became gator bait while walking along a trail at South Carolina's Cypress Gardens.

The woman, who was walking with her husband along a narrow path around 1 p.m. Monday, was bitten on the leg by the six-foot creature, reports said. She was bitten a second time on her hand when she fell.
The woman managed to walk away from the incident and was taken to the Medical University of South Carolina hospital, according to reports.
The woman did not know if she inadvertently stepped on the animal or if the attack was unprovoked. Neither wildlife officers nor alligator trappers had found the reptile as of late Monday.