According to TMZ gator tried to board raft to tom sawyer island

[MerlinTheGoat]

There is a gap created by round logs under a flat deck they can get in. That is what the gator in the picture is doing.

I meant can the gators actually get inside the area where guests are standing?

Granted guests could reach over the side and try to touch the alligator, but i wouldn't really blame Disney for something like that happening.

 

[gmajew]

Am I looking at a red arrow pointing at a shadow??

That is tmz style.

 

[alphac2005]

I want to throw this one out there to @WDW1974: Budget cuts? We've known for years that the property was methodical in removing gators that were generally 4' and longer. In the news stories that have been circulating over the past day, there's a general theme of cast members noticing the gator problem and clear disregard from management. Your own witnessed incident is yet another glimpse.

Are we potentially seeing a greater number oflarger gators because Disney simply isn't relocating them as they once were? Of course none of us have internal documentation and direct eyes on the budget, but with the track record of stripping costs everywhere over the years, you do wonder if they simply don't do the relocations as they once did.

 

[Master Yoda]

I meant can the gators actually get inside the area where guests are standing?

I can't see a reason the could not, but most gators wouldn't as they tend to avoid people.

I have been told by several herpetologists that gators when on land judge threat by height. A medium size dog, bird or child fits into the prey category for them. A 5' tall human is in the "get the hell away" category. This of course can change when they start to associate humans with food.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Not quite. There is an actual gator.

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Yeah but not in this one, the one with actual people.

The click-bait is disgusting. Yes, alligators exist in Florida.

 

[Master Yoda]

Yeah but not in this one, the one with actual people.

The click-bait is disgusting. Yes, alligators exist in Florida.

Correct. Nothing but humans in that picture.

 

[Goofyque']

Ridiculous. Everyone knows a gator will not board a raft. Gators are partial to E ticket attractions.

 

[xdan0920]

I want to throw this one out there to @WDW1974: Budget cuts? We've known for years that the property was methodical in removing gators that were generally 4' and longer. In the news stories that have been circulating over the past day, there's a general theme of cast members noticing the gator problem and clear disregard from management. Your own witnessed incident is yet another glimpse.

Are we potentially seeing a greater number oflarger gators because Disney simply isn't relocating them as they once were? Of course none of us have internal documentation and direct eyes on the budget, but with the track record of stripping costs everywhere over the years, you do wonder if they simply don't do the relocations as they once did.

I thought this too, but then I started reading all these articles...

Seems like it's not actually Disney that "moves" the gators, but the Florida Fish and Wildlife folks. So, I don't think that's it.

 

[Hakunamatata]

I want to throw this one out there to @WDW1974: Budget cuts? We've known for years that the property was methodical in removing gators that were generally 4' and longer. In the news stories that have been circulating over the past day, there's a general theme of cast members noticing the gator problem and clear disregard from management. Your own witnessed incident is yet another glimpse.

Are we potentially seeing a greater number oflarger gators because Disney simply isn't relocating them as they once were? Of course none of us have internal documentation and direct eyes on the budget, but with the track record of stripping costs everywhere over the years, you do wonder if they simply don't do the relocations as they once did.

Nice job on worming in budget cuts to a tragic situation. Next time go straight to it being Igers personal gator that was the culprit.

 

[ratherbeinwdw]

There used to be a three legged gator that stayed in that area. We would stand on the bridge at the bottom of the Splash drop and watch it. It did make me nervous as I had seen the picture of the one in the Pirates bathroom a couple of years earlier, and this was right after they had one in the MK parking lot. We saw the one in the parking lot on the news. Every since then, we've been a little cautious if we park in that lot. I had never heard of them being at AoA. There's really no excuse for not having warning signs. There are too many small children in these areas. Even if several idiots don't pay attention to the signs, many will.

 

[BrerJon]

Ridiculous. Everyone knows a gator will not board a raft. Gators are partial to E ticket attractions.

Don't you mean Eat-ticket?

 

[asianway]

Weird. I didn't get that photo.

Of a raft. In the rain.

What a load of tosh.

It's lil'

 

[rob0519]

Yeah but not in this one, the one with actual people.

The click-bait is disgusting. Yes, alligators exist in Florida.

Isolate the arrow, blow the image up and you can clearly see this is a shadow, not an alligator.

 

[jakeman]

Isolate the arrow, blow the image up and you can clearly see this is a shadow, not an alligator.
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[bhg469]

Am I looking at a red arrow pointing at a shadow??

It was a ninja gator... By far the worst kind.

 

[Goofyque']

Don't you mean Eat-ticket?

Thought about it. Decided it was too soon.

 

[Horizons '83]

Classic!

 

[Master Yoda]

It was a ninja gator... By far the worst kind.

I thought only the turtles were ninjas?

 

[bhg469]

Isolate the arrow, blow the image up and you can clearly see this is a shadow, not an alligator.
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Im 90% sure they are just pointing out the type of boat that the actual alligator pic was on. In the caption it says "log Raft" so in my mind that says the red arrow is pointing to the log raft..

There are pictures of the alligator climbing between the logs.

 

[bhg469]

I thought only the turtles were ninjas?

DUH! its the "secret of the ooze" not "wiki of the ooze"