The United Cajun Navy volunteer who found 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez dead in a New Orleans East lagoon earlier this week said Thursday two alligators surfaced with the boy's body.

Aided by a drone, volunteer Jon Gusanders discovered Bryan floating in the lagoon at around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, putting an end to a 12-day, multi-agency search. The New Orleans coroner determined he died from blunt force trauma and drowning sustained during an alligator attack.

At a Thursday press conference held near the site where Bryan was found, Gusanders said a "violent movement of the water's surface" was what alerted him to the body's location.

"I've never seen anything like that," he said, "and I hope to never see anything like that again."

Gusadners said he believes two alligators — one that was r

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