Central Florida woman survives alligator attack, faces weeks of recovery

WSVN-TV7 ^ | JULY 17, 2024 | Staff

[Texas resident]

I played a round of golf at a course in the Florida panhandle with a guy from the midwest. He hit a ball in to the water. There were signs warning golfers to not go after balls hit into the water. He ignored it because the ball was sitting on a log sitting in about 6 inches of water. He reached out to get his ball and got a very toothy greeting from the “log”. Dude ran to the cart and wouldn’t get out of it. He just rode for the rest of the round.

[ncalburt]

Yeah .
And one less
Nyer invader vote for Pres Dr Evil .

[ncalburt]

Yeah .
And its a shame almost one less
Nyer invader vote for Pres Dr Evil .

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

Should I do this free of charge?

Okay, Florida man here. Yes I post with my real name.

Florida has snakes, alligators, spiders, muck that burnss (seriously). hurricanes, tornados and Florida man.

Don’t come here if you are a liberal from NY etc. we are armed, all of us.

Trust me, Florida man is nuts.

5.56mm

This has been a PSA.

[SuperLuminal]

Florida woman???

[Red Badger]

Yes, or it’s piranhas......... those happen from time to time......

[moovova]

You’re from Florida. Would you go in water like that? I mean, is that a thing down there?

[Red Badger]

No way, Jose!!!!!....

[blueunicorn6]

Happily munching on the sewing machine operators.

Good play on words, though.

[Crusher138]

While wildlife officials say attacks by alligators are rare in Florida, they remind people to always be aware of their surroundings and not go into bodies of water where alligators are known to lurk.

As a former Floridian for over 40 years, that would be EVERY body of water big enough to hold an alligator, including deep puddles...I'm not kidding.

[Bigg Red]

😄I was getting ready to comment on that beauty of a sentence, but I decided to scroll down first to see if someone had caught it.

[FamiliarFace]

TEMPLE TERRACE?!! Say it ain’t so!

(Sorry, to those living in TT. I couldn’t help myself.)

[Bonemaker]

“..and not go into bodies of water where alligators are known to lurk....”

Must have been a democrat...all Florida waters have alligators or pythons. Democrats make excellent predator skat.

[Bonemaker]

Silver Springs crystal clear.

[Keyhopper]

Stick your hand in, is it wet?
There’s a gator in there

[Tom Tetroxide]

Is this alligator habitat range map correct?

[Red Badger]

Pretty much......................