Terrifying Discovery: DNA Results Shed Light on Brittany Clark’s Brutal Alligator Death
The alligator that fatally mauled hiker Brittany Clark in Florida has been identified through DNA testing, according to a report.
Clark, 31, died after her arms were ripped to pieces during a visit with her boyfriend and roommate to Little Big Econ State Forest in Central Florida on June 28.
Following the attack, trappers killed two large gators — one roughly 12-foot and the other 13-foot — they had found in the Econlockhatchee River.
Brittany Clark was killed by an alligator in a Florida state park on June 28, 2026.Facebook/Brittany Clark
Officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said DNA collected from the larger, 13-foot alligator confirmed it was responsible for the deadly attack, WCJB reported.
The DNA was reportedly tested at a lab in Gainesville and the medical examiner was also said to have confirmed bite marks on Clark’s body matched one of the two gators.
FWC officials reportedly said the investigation remains active and additional information will be made available after the investigation concludes.
Construction worker Clark was swimming in the river with her boyfriend, Chance Allison, and roommate, Jayden Hernandez, when disaster struck.
Allison desperately tried to wrench Clark from the beast as it sunk its jaws into her, while their dogs tried to fend it off from the riverbank.
A 13-foot alligator was revealed to be responsible for the deadly attack, officials confirmed thanks to DNA evidence from the killer beast.Facebook/Chance Allison
Harrowing bodycam shows a Florida deputy approach Chance Allison trying to save Clark after the gator attack.
Seminole county sheriff’s office
Heartbroken Allison, 30, told The Post that Clark used some of her final breaths while waiting for emergency services to arrive to ask him to look after her German Shepherd, Hokie.
“It was one of the last things she said to me. I can’t recall anything else,” said the distraught partner, who had also brought his Pitbull-mix, Bulma, along for the hiking trip.
Meanwhile, Clark’s father revealed that he had received a harrowing call from her roommate as his daughter bled out.
“They were trying to keep her alive and waiting for the authorities to show up,” Robert Clark, 57, told The Post.
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A semi-retired motorcycle technician who previously served in the US Navy, Robert said the family was already reeling from the death of his mother, Barbara, 80, when they learned his daughter had been gruesomely killed.