Mrs. Delores Bickerman

Mrs. Delores Bickerman is the main human antagonist of the film Lake Placid. She is an old woman who secretly takes care of the crocodiles of Black Lake, despite knowing that they ate some people (including her husband).

She is portrayed by Betty White.

Early Life
Delores and her husband Bernie lived in a small farm near Black Lake for years. One day, while Bernie was fishing, he discovered a couple of young crocodiles in the lake who followed him at home. He decided with his wife to give them some food and they continued to feed them during several years. When the two crocodiles grew bigger, they started to feed them with their cows. After a few years, the crocodiles devoured Bernie but Delores didn't report this event in order to protect them.

Lake Placid
Two years after Bernie's death, one of the crocodile devours someone else and a team comes to the lake to investigate. The team members interrogate Delores about the crocodile but she lies to them. However, they later see her feeding the Female Crocodile, therefore they obliged her to tell them the truth and she reveals everything, though she hides the fact that there are two crocodiles. The team places her under house arrest for having lied and requisitions one of her cows in order to set a trap for the crocodile. They manage to capture the Male Crocodile and to kill the Female, but afterwards Delores secretly continues to feed their many infants, Martha, Max, George Jr. and Gracie.

Lake Placid 2
Several years later, the four crocodiles become adults and finally devour Delores, but her sister Sadie then inherits her house and decides to feed them too.