MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF/Gray News) – A South Carolina family is grieving after their beloved dog was killed in an alligator attack. The dog’s final moments were caught on Ring camera footage.
Bob Carnes says Nova, his family’s 85-pound German shepherd, loved to spend time on their dock cooling off by the water along the Intracoastal Waterway in Myrtle Beach. However, last week, a neighbor who shares the dock warned Carnes that a large alligator came after him and his dog, WMBF reports.
Carnes says the family set Nova’s GPS collar to prevent her from getting close to the water, but a piece on the collar was broken.
Nova disappeared from her family’s yard last Sunday, and Carnes says they spent hours searching for her. Their hearts broke when they finally checked the Ring camera footage and saw their beloved dog for the last time…