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 DAVIE (CBSMiami) – Two fishermen made a gruesome discovery Monday in a canal on the edge of the Everglades. 
 
 According to Davie police, the duo found a human body with at least one alligator feeding on it. Police said the fishermen immediately called 911. 
 
 “In my time at Davie, I’ve never come across a case where you have alligators getting at remains but I’m sure it’s happened before,” said Sgt. Pablo Castaneda. 
 
 Castaneda said it appeared one gator – possibly more – fed on the remains but that the body appeared largely intact once it was brought out of the water. 
 
 Davie police divers recovered the remains and searched in the murky water for any clues about who the person might be. 
 
 “We’re not able to determine male or female,” Castaneda said. “We’re not able to determine race.” 
 
 Police officers with assault rifles and gator trappers stood watch as divers checked the water in case a gator got too close. However, police told CBS4 no gators were harmed. 
 
 The Broward County Medical Examiner and Davie police will work to solve the mystery of who this person was and how they got there. 
 
 “What happened to them? How did they end up here? Could it be a homicide, could it be a suicide, could it be natural, a fisherman? We don’t know. That’s what the next step is to figure that out,” Castaneda said. 
 
 Police said it appears the body had been in the water for at least a few days. ||||| Golf is hard enough. Add a gator into the mix, and it’s downright dangerous. 
 
 Spotted crossing the fairway at Buffalo Creek Golf Course in Florida, this massive gator surprised a group out for an afternoon round. Charles Helms, 56, was on the third hole when he saw the beast and said there was stunned silence between the golfers on the scene. Helms pulled out his phone and began to record. When asked why, Helms said, “A better question might be how can you not record it?” 
 
 “It is very common to see alligators on a Florida golf course and they’re typically not a threat to golfers,” Helms said. “Wild alligators are shy and will not bother you unless you provoke it or corner it so it feels threatened.” 
 
 The other brave character in the video footage is David Matos from nearby Parrish, Florida. 
 
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 “He was at a pretty safe distance,” Helms said. “This alligator was so large he would only move slowly about 100 feet at a time before having to lie down and rest so he probably wasn’t in as much danger as it may have appeared. An alligator expert may refute that; I’m just going on what I have been told.” 
 
 Check out the footage below, and stay safe out there. ||||| Investigators from the Davie Police Department returned to a scene at the edge of the Everglades on Tuesday – the place where a body was found being eaten by two alligators. 
 
 Officers were searching the canal bank for any clues that could lead to the identity of the person, or help determine how the person got there, said Davie Police Capt. Dale Engle. 
 
 "We are treating this as a homicide until we find otherwise," said Engle. 
 
 The alligators are not suspected of killing the person, whose gender had not been determined, Engle said. 
 
 The body "appeared to have been in the canal for some time," and the reptiles had consumed the body's midsection, Engle said. 
 
 On Monday, two fishermen called the police after encountering the scene in a canal west of U.S. 27 and north of Sheridan Street in the town of Southwest Ranches in western Broward County. 
 
 They're mean, they're green... they're gators. Actually, alligators are more black than green, but these huge reptiles do pack a powerful punch. Although their numbers were dwindling a few years ago, they have come back with a vengence in recent years. 
 
 Officers from the Davie, which patrols Southwest Ranches, arrived and attempted to scare off the alligators, said Davie Police Capt. Dale Engle. Although the animals retreated, he said, they lingered nearby. 
 
 A dive team was called in, as officers armed with AR-15 rifles stood ready to shoot any approaching alligators. An alligator trapper from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was sent to the scene. 
 
 When the body was removed from the water about 10 p.m., four alligators were seen in the area, Engle said. 
 
 The Broward County Medical Examiner will attempt to determine the cause of death. 
 
 Mike Stocker Authorities gather at the scene in Southwest Ranches where two alligators were found eating a dead body. Authorities gather at the scene in Southwest Ranches where two alligators were found eating a dead body. (Mike Stocker) (Mike Stocker) 
 
 "We want to identify who the victim is and possibly figure out what happened to them and how did they end up here," said Sgt. Pablo Castaneda, of the Davie Police. "Could it be homicide? Could it be suicide? Could it have involved a fisherman? We don't know." 
 
 Amy Moore, spokeswoman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, said it was too soon to tell whether the alligators killed the victim or were just scavenging on the remains. 
 
 "If we determine that an alligator was the cause, then we'll go back and recover it," she said. 
 
 Staff photographer Mike Stocker contributed to this report. 
 
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– Fishermen at the edge of the Florida Everglades made a horrifying discovery Monday: two alligators eating away at a human body, the Sun Sentinel reports. After the alligators were scared off, divers recovered the body while officers stood guard with AR-15 rifles. According to CBS Miami, the body was largely intact, but it appeared to have spent a few days in the water. Police were not able to immediately determine a gender or race, but tell the Sun Sentinel the alligators found the body, but did not kill the person. “What happened to them?" CBS quotes a police sergeant as saying. "How did they end up here? Could it be a homicide, could it be a suicide, could it be natural, a fisherman? We don’t know.” (Man-eating crocodiles were recently discovered in Florida). Elsewhere in the state, an absolutely massive alligator was caught on video trundling across a golf course.