Kayaker attacked and killed by alligator at Florida state park: officials

NY Post VIA Fox ^ | 05/07/2025 | Andrew Wulfeck, FOX Weather

[ChicagoConservative27]

I would have had a heart attack before the first bite

[Larry Lucido]

Note to self: Don’t kayak in florida.

[HerrBlucher]

All those beautiful water bodies in Florida and not a single one is safe to swim or kayak. Why a person would canoe in alligator infested water is beyond me.

[FLNittany]

Crystal River/Springs and other springs don’t seem to have gator attacks.

[lee martell]

I have no direct, face to snout experience with Gators or Crocs. We don’t tend to have such reptiles running loose in Detroit. My question is:
Do Gators know enough to purposely try to tip a Kayak or canoe over and dump that Kayaker into the water for easier feeding?

I have heard of ocean dwellers, such as Orcas, or Killer Whales deliberately ramming
boats full of people, seemingly just for the hell of it.

[Quilla]

I paddle board springs and rivers in Florida at least once a month, usually more often, and have seen many alligators. They always shy away from me. That may explain why this is my first time hearing about an attack of this type.

[fidelis]

All those beautiful water bodies in Florida and not a single one is safe to swim or kayak. Why a person would canoe in alligator infested water is beyond me.

Disney Syndrome. All wild animals are friendly woodland creatures.

[Red Badger]

We have gators and Cottonmouth moccasins in the freshwater, sharks in the salt water, mosquitoes the size of hang-gliders, roaches the size of mice and snakes the size of tree trunks.

Welcome to Florida!.......................

[pnz1]

Final report says they passed canoe over gator in 2.5 ft of water and gator tipped canoe.

[sphinx]

My first question is how the woman went into the water. I've canoed most of my life, though not in recent years, and have managed not to tip myself over. Except for a few times when we young-uns were horsing around and having serious canoe fights, but that that's a different story. Once you are in the water, you are legitimate croc food and the croc shouldn't be blamed.

Now, if it was an attack croc like the attack rabbit that went after Jimmy Carter, that's a different story. I always thought crocs weren't that aggressive, but never having lived in gator country, I don't know. I would instinctively avoid inner tubes, but I think I'd feel safe in a boat.

[Chickensoup]

the ones on The Far Side cartoon do...

[LittleBillyInfidel]

Had them come up to me while riding on an air boat in the bijou, begging for snacks. They are very cute in a toothy carnivorous dinosaur kind of way.

[Chickensoup]

Why Floridians put up with having Alligators infesting their waters is beyond me.

Put a dozen in a zoo and kill the rest.

They make great shoes and purses.

[lee martell]

Lol!

[ChicagoConservative27]

people must feed them often

[Wayne07]

“Preliminary information indicates that a woman was canoeing when she encountered an alligator and went into the water.”

Went into the water? Voluntarily, or involuntarily?

[SuperLuminal]

Fished several tournaments in Kissimmee during the 1980s...Hard to believe that anyone would be dumb enough to kayak in those waters...

[Theophilus]

Let every member of the kayak fleet be armed.

[jacknhoo]

What was a Kayaker doing in a canoe?

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

That lake looks exactly like the gator scene in the movie "Live and let die" where Bond escapes by running on top of the alligators. I wonder if that's where they filmed it