This happens all the time at the Villages. You are told to keep an eye on your pet and don’t have a pet that runs free like a cat because there is a good chance they will get eaten.
The basic rule of safety regarding gators is that you keep more the TWICE the distance from the water’s edge of the maximum lenght of a possible reesident alligator. IOW, if there’s a 7 foot gator in he pond...and others had to have seen it before...then keep infants, pets, and others, 15 feet from the water’s edge..
“This happens all the time at the Villages. “
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Read a book about The Villages a while back and realized living there was not for me.
The alligator presence reinforces my decision.
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