Predatory alligator leaves bite marks in rower's boat as two attacks reported in Texas in two weeks

A predatory alligator left bite marks in a rower's boat as two attacks were reported in the same area in just two weeks. Eugene Janssen was rowing his carbon fibre, single shell boat in Oyster Creek, Sugar Land, Texas, when the territorial alligator attacked. He heard the bone crunching bite as the 'gator clampled its jaws onto the hull and raced to shore to discover the animal had punctured the boat. Pictures taken by Eugene show that the alligator had torn several gashes into the boat’s hull. The Greater Houston Rowing Club, a community responsible for rowers in the area, was informed and called the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to send out a trapper to capture and relocate the alligator. However, another boat was attacked just days later, suggesting that they may have caught the wrong animal, or that there are multiple aggressive alligators in the area. The Greater Houston Rowing Club president Dee Connors noted that no similar attack has happened in the 30 years. She has been rowing in the area and has strongly advised rowers not to travel upstream in Oyster Creek until the matter is resolved. This incident occurred in August 2022.