PlaneJane
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SAVE ME SMEE!That gator is huge, they really need to do something about it
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Alligator Roams MK Parking Lot
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MOXOMUMD
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In 2012 we decided to grab a seat early for MSEP in the wheelchair section near The Christmas shop in Liberty Square. (We had family in a wheelchair.) As we got closer there were CMs ringing the tree that's there and someone was talking avidly on a walkie-talkie. A long snake had decided to curl up next to the tree and nap. Animal Control came with a noose and bucket, caught it and took it away. That was a little extra magic I guess.
midwest_mice
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Saw a few gators last week while visiting WDW....in Epcot on Living with the Land Ride. Sorry, had to!
mouse_luv
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I probably would have ran away screaming. I don't do snakes. Yes I know it's Florida and I have seen plenty while there but that doesnt mean I like them.
willtravel
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Thank heaven I live in boring Ohio. Deer, rabbits and moles is all I have to worry about..........
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lobelia
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Ohio actually has three venomous snakes. Just very uncommon and endangered. Every little kid knows that if you smell cucumber you have a copperhead nearby, unless you are in the garden, it would be a very weird coincidence if there was one nearby. But, man oh man, those moles are tearing up my yard and every few miles I smell a skunk.
MOXOMUMD
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Skunks. We have lots of skunks.
willtravel
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Oh yea, I forgot about skunks. In the summertime when the windows are open, oy vey..........Skunks. We have lots of skunks.
Not sure if you saw my encounter report on this thread. I did not handle it well at TTC. I had to somehow come back from the direction I ran, and I had to get coaxed up the ramp to get to the monorail en route to Epcot.I probably would have ran away screaming. I don't do snakes. Yes I know it's Florida and I have seen plenty while there but that doesnt mean I like them.
1. Two big and burly dudes that lived locally, and were total sweethearts, offered to stand near the edge where it was to let me pass. Brave souls. Chivalry is not dead, thank God!
2. My stomach gave me courage. Because no way in heck was I going to lose a Le Cellier dinner res and miss out on beer cheese soup. Not going to happen. I ran up the ramp looking like a fool and not looking back. LOL!
disney4life2008
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LOL now this video is funny. I hope the kids/people screaming in the background were on splash mountain on btmr. I mean really - this is FLORIDA! I lived in Fort Myers last year where a large population of gators are and it was common for them to be on the campus I worked at. Albiet - rarely roaming the grounds but not at impossible.
FireChiefGoofy
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There is a small gator in the pond next to the North Depot at Riverside.
SMS55
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Doubtful. Gators are typically afraid of humans. Once they start coming around and lose that fear, they become a nuisance. Usually it's because people were giving it handouts. It would probably have to be put down.
MOXOMUMD
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A gator would like a hand out. Or a foot. Or a small child.
SMS55
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Be careful because if it's Ginger, she snaps.
MOXOMUMD
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sloppy.joey
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Yeah I hear she's one tough cookie...
PhotoDave219
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Yeah, thats Hilton Head. Last time I was there, I was photographing a wedding and I had a gator yell a mating call at me in the parking lot. (Imagine a lawnmower being pulled to start. Now add a guttural, jurassic, eat your whole tone. Then Proceed to run to the car.)