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.
Crystal River/Springs and other springs don’t seem to have gator attacks.
Disney Syndrome. All wild animals are friendly woodland creatures.
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.
This incident occurred while I was in high school. The lake had a fence surrounding it, but the gator forced it’s way in. A fresh/brackish creek, south creek was the reason for the fence, as it had a healthy gator population and the lake was for swimming. Even had a float in the center that was about 20x20 with ladders for sunbathing on. As a teenager I must have been in this lake 100+ times.
Sharon Holmes, 16, female, was killed by an 11’3’ male alligator while swimming at dusk in a lake at Oscar Scherer State Park, Sarasota County, on Aug. 16, 1973. The alligator was killed, and body parts from the victim were found in its stomach. The alligator had recently moved into the lake and was reportedly to have been fed by visitors to the park.