she got OUT of her kayak to get into the WATER WITH THE ALLIGATOR??? Darwin comes to mind.
I don’t know if it’s the case here, but alligators have been known to attack small boats as they can be very territorial....especially during mating season.
*** a woman was canoeing when she encountered an alligator and went into the water***
The article doesn’t say she “got out of her kayak” in the way you seem to be suggesting, I don’t think she got in the water voluntarily. I’m betting the alligator knocked her off balance and she fell in the water. It’s hard to say from the little the article says, but I’m thinking the alligator was being aggressive towards her.
It said she went into the water. not why or how
1. possibly fell off due to panic.
2. gator could have upset the kayak
3. could have watched one too many Tarzan movies.
I used to take my Waverunner to Lone Cabbage Fish camp and go south to lake Poinsett and lake Winder. the portion of the st johns connecting them would have easily 40-50 gators up on the bank during mating season. Once we stopped to check on a friends gas cans he had bungee corded behind him. About 3 gators entered the water and the largest came to check on us. a quick burst from a 160hp jet pump discouraged him. No way would I be on a kayak in the freshwater lakes from Sanford south.
Maybe they mean it flipped.
Yeah, had to be a tourist. All along the Gulf coast gators are everywhere, primarily ‘cause some stupid states protect them.
They are not invisible. If that floating log follows you it is not a log. That raised trash heap along the shore is not a beaver dam — it is a nest.
Geesh.
No, the woman did not get out of her boat. It was not even a kayak.
The woman was 61 years old and canoeing with her husband in shallow water. They accidentally ran the canoe over the alligator, who thrashed and flipped the boat. She fell on the alligator and it bit her, killing her.
It was just an accident. Bad situational awareness, I guess, but it can’t be easy for old people to spot alligators just floating around still in the water.