Another attack on Sunday afternoon killed a Tennessee woman swimming in a spring in the Ocala National Forest.

Annmarie Campbell, 23, died before friends could pry her from the jaws of an alligator at a lakeside recreation area, seven miles south of Salt Springs in Marion County. Campbell, of Paris, Tenn., and three friends had rented a cabin on Juniper Run, a waterway that feeds Lake George.

The four were snorkeling in about 3 feet of water when Campbell and friend Jackie Barrett of Silver Springs were separated from friends Mark Barrett of Silver Springs and James Edward of Satellite Beach.

Jackie Barrett couldn't find Campbell in the water so she went back to the cabin. She then yelled to the men to look for Campbell.

When the men found her in the alligator's jaws, they gouged its eyes and pounded on its snout with their hands, said wildlife commission spokeswoman Kat Kelley.

One of the people in the party ran about a mile from the cabin to State Road 19 where they could get cell-phone reception and called 911, Kelley said.

"I understand they were gouging at eyes and trying to pry open the jaws," Kelley said. "These people are pretty much in shock. The guys had cuts or scrapes on their hands."

The men were told they should get checked at a hospital because of the potential for infection, but had not done so as of late Sunday, officials said. They stayed at the cabin Sunday night and were not available for comment.

Angela Stefancik, 31, of Bunnell was at nearby Juniper Wayside Park Sunday with friend Dawn Beavers, 30, of Palm Coast and four children. They swim and cook outdoors at the park every weekend - a place they always felt safe because they could swim without fear of drowning or snakes.

"I don't think we're going to be coming here any more real soon," Stefancik said. "And it used to be you didn't worry about alligators."

Added Beavers: "But not anymore."