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Reports: Toddler dragged by gator into water near Disney's Grand Floridian
http://www.wfaa.com/news/nation/reports-toddler-dragged-by-gator-into-water-near-disneys-grand-floridian/244407569) ^ | 6/14/2016 | unknown

Posted on 06/14/2016 8:59:48 PM PDT by gop4lyf

BAY LAKE, Florida - Deputies are searching for a two-year-old child that reportedly was dragged into water around the area of Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, according to WFTV and The Orlando Sentinel . According to Orange County deputies, authorities were told the child was dragged into the Seven Seas Lagoon.

A helicopter was sent above the area to search for the child above as authorities search by ground.

(Excerpt) Read more at wfaa.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: alligator; disney; disneyworld; florida; gator; grandfloridian; toddler
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To: wardaddy

OMG! And people don’t want to visit New York!

I’ll visit NM in winter, thank you, when all the rattlers are presumably asleep.


101 posted on 06/15/2016 3:18:52 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: gop4lyf

What folks from most states that donot have a large gator population is that if you spill a glass of water here in Florida or Lousiana, chances are a gator will be in that watersplashing around looking for a meal or to mate.
Be very very careful.


102 posted on 06/15/2016 3:19:48 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Go Trump, Give em hell BABY.)
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To: gop4lyf

Tell them to be careful walking around the edges of Disney’s lakes - which I assume are manmade (might be wrong!) I’ve seen them and they are scary!


103 posted on 06/15/2016 3:20:28 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: Lera

When my kids were 2 they were in bed by 8:00.


104 posted on 06/15/2016 3:47:12 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: RegulatorCountry
I don’t think anyone saw it happen.

The father did. They were at the water's edge together when the gator leapt out and snatched the child. The father immediately jumped in to save it and briefly wrestled with it but the gator was able to get away.......

105 posted on 06/15/2016 3:49:35 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My only regret in life is being too young to get to know my grandfathers before they died)
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To: tenthirteen

They even have a Gay Day now :)


106 posted on 06/15/2016 3:59:19 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Lera

that worked out well.


107 posted on 06/15/2016 4:01:40 AM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: lodi90

They found a seven foot gator in a drainage ditch 30 miles south of Memphis in North Mississippi just two weeks ago


108 posted on 06/15/2016 4:13:04 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (Remember the Court)
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To: miss marmelstein
OMG! And people don’t want to visit New York!

In New York City, the gators are in the sewers. ;-)

At least that's what they told me when I was a kid growing up in Brooklyn.

109 posted on 06/15/2016 4:15:00 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: sagar

[Jail the parents.]

Those gators can travel at 40 miles an hour. There wouldn’t be much they could do if it was on the move. It may have suddenly come out of the water;


110 posted on 06/15/2016 4:27:56 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: sagar

People claiming to be so damned righteous in their abilities while judging other are usually nowhere near as good as they think they are.

Having said that... you try noticing a stealthy predator that has for eons hunted in this exact fashion, in its’ natural habitat and knows how to camouflage itself extremely well, at 9:30 p.m. when the light is low or non-existent.

You do that, and avoid the alligator that can strike at a moment’s notice and be back in the water in a blink of an eye, all while being a two year old.

Yeah, you’re brilliant I tell ya.


111 posted on 06/15/2016 4:30:05 AM PDT by jurroppi1 (The only thing you "pass to see what's in it" is a stool sample. h/t MrB)
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To: marktwain

I like seeing gators in the wild. But they must be hunted and regulated. 40 years ago they were protected. They were endangered. Leave it to the government to let them get to the point that they’re an overcrowded nuisance.


112 posted on 06/15/2016 4:30:37 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: gop4lyf
Sad. My daughter moved to Mississippi some years ago and we were blessed to have her close as she gave us 3 beautiful grand kids.

She moved to Upstate NY a year ago and passed on that when they went to a park that also offered swimming, the folks around looked a little stupefied when the 8 year old girl asked if they needed to look out for alligators.

Prayers up for the parents who have to be absolutely horrified and upset with themselves for being "inured" to the fact of life down here in gator-country.

113 posted on 06/15/2016 4:34:19 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: wardaddy
Freepers always like to blame someone for either risky behavior or negligence or stupidity when tragedy strikes.....and this was tragic no question And kids can get away for an instant ....despite having June Lockhart as mom

Some posters are so effing perfect apparently....

Every freeper must be beautiful as Achilles or Artemis and smart as Oppenheimer and witty as Mark Steyn and Have the situational awareness of a Commanche.. And they all fart peonies to top off their immaculate perfection......cause they never fcuk up

How about a little simple empathy....bad things happen despite efforts and this is quite a bad one as any parent can attest just fearing it

Hell....it’s about as bad as it gets....


I agree with you, and this is about the most hellish experience a parent can have. My heart goes out to them.

What it boils down to is proper management of risks. I raised a daughter. I know how a 2-year old can get away. That being said, sitting by the water's edge, in gator-infested Florida, is HIGH risk. Having a 2-year old with you, knowing their ability to get away quickly, is HIGH risk. Going to an event late at night, in such an environment, in the dark, is HIGH risk.

Knowing all those HIGH risks, would I have brought my 2-year old daughter to that event? Hell no!

114 posted on 06/15/2016 4:35:07 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: ilovesarah2012

There are gators in every open body of water in Florida. That is how we raised our kids. These folks were from Nebraska and didn’t have the level of awareness to the danger that most Floridians have been raised with. The gators are highly mobile and swift as well, capable of seeking out new territories. It could be there one day and gone the next.

This is a horrible tragedy.


115 posted on 06/15/2016 4:43:36 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: JennysCool

You don’t see them. They sneak up under water or with just their eyes above the surface. You simply do not play in quiet waters in Florida.


116 posted on 06/15/2016 4:45:23 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: ilovesarah2012
In the 10+ years we have lived in Central Florida I have been to DisneyWorld 28 times. Have never seen a gator.

However, if you see water anywhere in Florida, even flood control retention ponds, you always treat it as though gators are in it. And you never just go wading in the water. The splashing attracts them like a dinner bell. Especially at night when they are most active.

Biggest mistake people make is feeding the damn things. That makes them equate humans with food. "Oh. You have no food for me? OK. I'll just take you or the next person I see when I am hungry."

117 posted on 06/15/2016 4:47:11 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: VTenigma

So was I!


118 posted on 06/15/2016 4:47:34 AM PDT by angcat (TRUMP!)
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To: wardaddy; All

Good post. I think a lot of kevetching in this thread is whistling past the graveyard.

People like to think of reasons why “This could never happen to me!” It makes them feel better.

To think “There but for the Grace of God. go I.” is profoundly unsettling to people who have not considered it.

It is compounded in this sort of case of intense tragedy and horror.

This is the natural world that people lived in for most of existence, where this sort of horror was a risk each and every day. Maybe some Gaia worshipers will be snapped out of their silly romanticism, but I doubt it.

It is profoundly ironic that this happened at a Disney theme park, which has done so much to romanticise nature.


119 posted on 06/15/2016 4:49:16 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: gop4lyf

I heard on the radio that the family was from Kansas and were wading along the edge of the lake. Definitely not a wise thing to do in Florida at night when the gators feed.


120 posted on 06/15/2016 4:52:09 AM PDT by IamConservative (There is no greater threat to our freedoms than Bipartisanship.)
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