Thousands of people saw what they described as a "fireball" in the sky on Thursday. Back in May, the alligator knocked over the married couple's canoe on Tiger Creek near Lake Kissimmee and killed Cynthia Diekema, age 61.

Several locals across Georgia, including Atlanta, and South Carolina, reported seeing a fireball in the sky on Thursday

A possible bright fireball shot across the Southeast sky on Thursday afternoon startling anyone who heard or felt it, according to hundreds of social media reports and fireball reports to astronomy organizations.