It’s Florida!!! Gators are part of the playing field!!!
BTW...so are snakes, scorpions and jellyfish (not to mention Portugese Man of War!!!
Duh!
In the 1960s to 1980s you could swim in East Texas in the lakes and rivers. We used to camp on the Neches River and skied in local lakes. Never saw an alligator. Now they are everywhere. One even showed up in my one acre pond. I guess he just walked miles to visit. I hate alligators. They need to be treated the same as wild pigs. Kill them and there is no season.