From the OS: Gator drags child into Seven Seas Lagoon

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steviej

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21stamps said:
Not the ones who suffered the horrible loss of their son by allowing him to be at a water edge, right in front of them, at Disney World. There was no mistake made. It was horrible luck.
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To me, if the kid was a foot in from the sand, I wouldn't consider that on the edge. But that's just me.

Maybe some parents are less conservative than I am, but there's no way in the underworld that my 2 year old would be allowed in ANY lake by themselves at night, even if it was just to get his big toe wet. He would be glued to me
 
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Hakunamatata

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Kylo Ken said:
Exactly. I bet most people don't know that a gator was found carrying around human remains down here just a few weeks ago. It is just an unfortunate situation. But people act as if this is an everyday occurrence. I read somewhere that people are saying they are afraid of going to Disney now. WHY?
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Because we have become a society of hypersensitive over reacting participation ribbon winners that don't take the time to understand that nature is full of nasty things with teeth and try to understand it?
 
PhotoDave219

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steviej said:
To me, if the kid was a foot in from the sand, I wouldn't consider that on the edge. But that's just me.

Maybe some parents are less conservative than I am, but there's no way in the underworld that my 2 year old would be allowed in LAKE by themselves at night, even if it was just to get his big toe wet. He would be glued to me
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Its been said by @Disneyhead'71 that the parent was three feet away
 
Hakunamatata

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steviej said:
To me, if the kid was a foot in from the sand, I wouldn't consider that on the edge. But that's just me.

Maybe some parents are less conservative than I am, but there's no way in the underworld that my 2 year old would be allowed in LAKE by themselves at night, even if it was just to get his big toe wet. He would be glued to me
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When my son was that age, in that situation, he would have been in his little dog backpack harness with the strap wrapped firmly around my wrist far away from the lake. I say that with the understanding that any number of circumstances can occur and I could be mourning the loss of my child. That's why I can't lay blame at the feet of the parents based on what little info we have.
 
21stamps

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mickey v-neck said:
Unreal post.
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Why? Because locking your kids away and proudly judging other parents who DID NOT MAKE ANY MISTAKE besides not choosing to raise kids in fear and locked away.. is setting a good example of how to be a decent person?

I think it's "unreal" that people can be such disgusting creatures to have the thought of blaming the parents even cross their mind.
 
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Raineman said:
Our last trip to WDW in March, my DD and I were walking around Hourglass Lake on the Pop side, and we saw a crane standing in the reeds at the edge. I made sure my daughter did not get any closer than 15 feet to the water's edge, because all I could picture was a gator leaping out of the water at her.
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When I was younger, I had always heard about alligators in Florida, but never really grasped the reality of it. Just out of highschool, I went with a friend and his family to Florida. They had rented a house on a beautiful body of water, but the house also had a swiming pool. Having grown up in Pennsylvania where we were always swimming in lakes/creeks/rivers, I questioned why having a pool with such a beautiful body of water so close by? The first night we were there, we looked out over the water and noted the reflection of several pairs of eyes looking back at us from the water. From that point on, I have always approached natural bodies of water in the south with caution. I can certainly see how someone from Nebraska without prior experience in Florida could easily overlook the danger...
 
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steviej

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hakunamatata said:
When my son was that age, in that situation, he would have been in his little dog backpack harness with the strap wrapped firmly around my wrist far away from the lake. I say that with the understanding that any number of circumstances can occur and I could be mourning the loss of my child. That's why I can't lay blame at the feet of the parents based on what little info we have.
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Right! I'm going with the info we have so far. If it comes out that circumstances were different than as I understand them at the moment, I'll be happy to apologize for my previous statements.
 
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Kylo Ken said:
Exactly. I bet most people don't know that a gator was found carrying around human remains down here just a few weeks ago. It is just an unfortunate situation. But people act as if this is an everyday occurrence. I read somewhere that people are saying they are afraid of going to Disney now. WHY?
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Not afraid.

Saddened. And not just by this incident, but the two other horrific incidents this week.

And Disney is a huge part of my life. In fact, I've worked for various arms of Disney on creative projects over the years, and currently run a fan project or two.

We're booked for a trip in July, and I'll be thinking about this week and all the families who have been devastated. It'll be hard to have "the time of your life" when so many have lost theirs.

I don't blame Disney. And I'm sure I'll come around again in time. But all the pixie dust in the world can't -- and shouldn't -- make us forget about these awful tragedies. Statistical improbability doesn't change the fact that all of these things did indeed happen within days of one another, in and around "the most magical place on Earth."

I don't know how this will affect park attendance this year. I do know that we've had no problems whatsoever booking "impossible" reservations in the wake of all of this, when just a week before there was a snowball's chance. I have to think that people are cancelling their trips. It's the only thing that makes sense.

But yeah. We're still going. It likely won't be the happiest trip we've had, though. How can it be?
 
Matt_Black

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And for those saying it was only ankle deep, remember, it is possible to drown in that much water, which is why you are not supposed to be in any part of the pool if a lifeguard isn't on duty, regardless of whether or not you stick to the shallow end.
 
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How dare these evil parents let their innocent 2 year old splash on the edge of the water inches away from them at one of the most expensive hotels on Disney property. They should have had him on a leash.

I really couldn't care less if they gut every gator until they find the remains . This gator will be back to get someone else.
 
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