Alligator Drags 2 Year old into water at Grand Floridian resort.
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That won't happen.
They'll set out a hunt for gators most likely, and post a better warning sign.
I feel sorry for both the child and the parents in this event.
I have seen cast members in the very early morning trying to move a gator back into the water years ago when staying at Dixie Landings. The cast members did not want more of the guests to see the gator when they awoke. Growing up in Florida you learn that any open body of water has the potential to have gators in it.
I have seen cast members in the very early morning trying to move a gator back into the water years ago when staying at Dixie Landings. The cast members did not want more of the guests to see the gator when they awoke. Growing up in Florida you learn that any open body of water has the potential to have gators in it.
I feel really bad for Disneyhead right now as he probably has to go to get this reported as well. How terrible. Just a bad week for Orlando.
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I've seen alligators around there and water moccasins. It's basically swampland out there.
Reminds me of that big gator walking around on a golf course. Did you guys see that video? It was huge.
Ugh... I hate moccasins.
I've been chased by a one when I was younger, probably explains my fear of snakes.
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I'm actually shocked that guy who used to swim out to discovery island didn't get bit out there.
I was closing up a golf course one night and a gator rushed out of a pond, jaws open and charged me while in a moving golf cart. It literally came out of nowhere and scared the hell out of me. They get VERY aggressive during mating season... Especially when people feed them.
I was closing up a golf course one night and a gator rushed out of a pond, jaws open and charged me while in a moving golf cart. It literally came out of nowhere and scared the hell out of me. They get VERY aggressive during mating season... Especially when people feed them.
Jeez. What's next for Orlando this week, a plague of locusts?!
Desperately sad news, there must no greater pain than losing a child
Desperately sad news, there must no greater pain than losing a child
Unbelievably sad and tragic. The last thing anyone can think of happening while on Disney vacation. My heart goes out the parents, lord knows if something like that happened to one of my children I would go insane
Not to mention snakes..
I think it is disney's job to make all families aware of the dangers (Sadly the times we live in).. and the parents job to not have a 2 year old in the shore of a lake specially in the evening (with so many pools) but hey its not a time to point fingers and blame. What a sad week for Orlando- For Florida and for the USA - Be safe be aware and be forward thinkers
This is an incredibly sad story... seriously can we buy a break please.
There is no way they can prevent alligators from getting into that body of water. I know I have seen a few out there, but I'm always looking. My father was the primary alligator trapper of south Florida and I spent up until I went to college trapping them with him and I still have family doing it. The problem is once alligators are fed by humans they begin to associate humans with food and lose their natural fear. Many people don't quite get the concept of don't feed the animals in every day life, this is exponentially true in the theme parks where people don't realize they aren't part of the show. I have seen some truly amazing things with this mentality including a father put his toddler on the back of an alligator sunning itself so that he could take a picture in the Loxahatchee state park and we were sure to give him a nice long lecture after pulling his daughter off of it.
Unfortunately, this means that several alligators that were not dangerous will be killed for no reason because of public perception of making that water "safe" again as well as searching for the real nuisance gator. I imagine the old River Country area is likely swarming with alligators (among cotton mouths and other animals) and make it incredibly difficult to get an idea of exactly how many live in the area.
If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask.
There is no way they can prevent alligators from getting into that body of water. I know I have seen a few out there, but I'm always looking. My father was the primary alligator trapper of south Florida and I spent up until I went to college trapping them with him and I still have family doing it. The problem is once alligators are fed by humans they begin to associate humans with food and lose their natural fear. Many people don't quite get the concept of don't feed the animals in every day life, this is exponentially true in the theme parks where people don't realize they aren't part of the show. I have seen some truly amazing things with this mentality including a father put his toddler on the back of an alligator sunning itself so that he could take a picture in the Loxahatchee state park and we were sure to give him a nice long lecture after pulling his daughter off of it.
Unfortunately, this means that several alligators that were not dangerous will be killed for no reason because of public perception of making that water "safe" again as well as searching for the real nuisance gator. I imagine the old River Country area is likely swarming with alligators (among cotton mouths and other animals) and make it incredibly difficult to get an idea of exactly how many live in the area.
If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask.
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