How can she consider herself a Florida woman if she was crazy enough to swim there? It’s nutty to discount this as the first time in 35 years. There was a period of time when alligators were endangered. No more. It just took 35 years for someone to be foolish enough to swim in an alligator infested water.
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You obviously don’t live in Florida. We all swim in waters where there are alligators. It’s very rare that they’ll attack a swimmer.
I do live in Florida. For 36 years.