Posted on 01/12/2022 4:13:55 PM PST by simpson96
Authorities in Florida have released chilling footage of a missing woman swimming and wading in an alligator-infested river before she vanished.
Paola Miranda-Rosa, 31, who authorities say is schizophrenic, was reported missing by her family three weeks ago after she was last seen at a relative’s Orlando apartment.
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office revealed this week that hikers had since come forward to say they spotted the missing woman in Wekiva Springs State Park on Dec. 18 — a day after her family last saw her.
The hikers gave investigators a video they took of the woman swimming solo in the river.
Family members identified the woman in the video as Miranda-Rosa, the sheriff’s office said.
Authorities have been using high-tech underwater camera systems to trawl roughly 4.5 miles of the river near where Miranda-Rosa was last seen.
They have also been scouring the woods on either side of the river for any trace of her.
The Wekiva River where Miranda-Rosa was seen swimming is known to be filled with alligators, according to the park’s website — but wildlife officials have previously said attacks are rare.(snip)
Miranda-Rosa’s abandoned vehicle was located by authorities in the park two days after she was reported missing.
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It is not unusual. Schizophrenia frequently hits around the late teens. The family may rationalize that the person has to learn to live on their own so they refuse to respond to the inevitable crises. It is heartbreaking for the victim, those around him and even for the family.
Actually, the alligator will usually drag you underwater and you will die because you drown. They don't eat you until you're already dead. That's a blessing.
I’m guessing that alligators got her.
Who took the photo & then left???
I have to take out the trash. Wish me luck as I venture outdoors in bear-infested Oregon.
The name of this photo is called, “Hors d’oeuvre”
That is how psychologists prefer it.
I grew up in Florida in the 70s and 80s. We would never swim in freshwater lakes or canals. Never.
Being chomped upon, with a limb probably crushed and/or ripped up by huge teeth, and ultimately seized by a large gator, desperately trying to fight it off as it thrashes you with the old spin move, then being dragged underwater bleeding and struggling, knowing certain death awaits, fits my definition of horrible, but I guess opinions vary.
They’re hibernating at least over here.
Here’s hoping schizophrenia is in your future.......
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Now that right there is some fine, compassionate, Christian charity
Yessiree Bob!
Coastal Oregon doesn’t get that cold. After the equinox, things get growing.
Alligator-riding is best left to the pros:
Poor lady.......the picture is cringe worthy.......if not a gator, we also have poisonous snakes
Agree
I live here too.....and wherever you have water....be it lake, pond, river, etc ....you will have gators.
Once and only once a large gator was sprawled in our back yard......taking in the sun.
Golfers usually play around them.
Where this woman went swimming is a popular beautiful area....
....but locals know better than to swim in certain parts
Even small boats, canoes should be cautious
I was stationed at Homestead in the early ‘80s. We were all over the lakes and canals. The people in Florida are scarier than any wild animals.
“Stepped on” and “huge” don’t really go well together. What does he consider huge? Some people are afraid of some silly stuff.
Everyone knows that hoping someone “gets” schizophrenia is among the highest of Christian virtues. Didn’t Jesus mention that in His sermon on the hill, or high place or something like that?
Just great, now there is a schizophrenic alligator out there!
Well said. Schizophrenia is a cruel disease that rarely ends well. Destroys the young.
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