24-Year-Old Woman Fights Off Alligator in Florida Lake: 'It Came Up Out of Nowhere!'

People ^ | 8/23/2018 | Char Adams

[karnage]

Yep.

[leaning conservative]

Nice post, I hope so too.

[bikerman]

she claims to be homeless and the lake is about 5 miles from me a place many homeless hang out on the picnic area and bathe in the lake at night. then hang out all day taking turns panhandling at the traffic corner to buy their cigs and beer then hang around at night. The lake is large and many gators are in it. It didn’t come out of nowhere there are many grassy islands near the swimming area they will hang out in the weeds looking for water birds or fish and if a human is stupid enough to swim at night or bathe chances are you will be attacked. common sense rules.

[EdnaMode]

[tomkat]

“Out of nowhere” applies if you encounter one in an office building

             

[piasa]

Normally they also know you don’t go swimming in the early morning before the sun rises or late in the afternoon and evening. 4 PM is when feeding time begins in the swamp and it goes through most of the night.

[raybbr]

Hunt these dinosaurs to extinction.

[SuperLuminal]

What a moron...Her mistakes were:

• Swimming in any FL lake;
• Swimming at 2 AM; and,
• Feeding wildlife too much fat.

[SuperLuminal]

Not 2 AM...1 AM...

[SaveFerris]

Saw him perform that on TV waaaaaaaaaaaaaay back.

How far back? He was on The John Byner Show when he did it.

[SaveFerris]

It IS possible that Skynet sent the alligator back through the time displacement equipment.

Too bad there aren’t any phone booths with phone books any more.

[Bell Bouy II]

I am sure she never considered any of the other things(whatever they are, not a biologist here) that lurk in warm summertime fresh water ponds and lakes. Me I don't swim in fresh water,ever,I am on a strict salt diet of rapidly churning and shifting waters aka known as waves & tides and rarely that may concern me. Predators there I ll beware of

[mad_as_he$$]

Weapons grade stupid swimming in gator country at 1 am.

[T-Bone Texan]

She exudes a stoner vibe, and also, she’s fat.

If I found a stinky bum in my lake, I’d be mad.

I note that even though she is a wastrel with no redeeming qualities, she possesses a cell phone. Who paid for that?

[Georgia Girl 2]

“It came out of nowhere”

yeh they’ll do that.

[rktman]

Sneaky rascals the are. If you hear a clock ticking..........