Man found dead in alligator-filled lake near disc golf course

A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers stands by a lake in John S. Taylor Park, where a man was found dead Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Largo, Fla. Police believe he may have been wading into the water to retrieve lost flying discs. Investigators are still trying to determine whether he was bitten by an alligator. (Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

A man has died searching for Frisbees in a lake at a disc golf course where people are warned by signs to beware of alligators, police said.

The unidentified man was looking for flying discs in the water and “a gator was involved”, Largo Police Department on Florida’s Gulf Coast said.