imkrazy182
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So sad. But Disney will take action against this. Probably closing off all beach areas in the resorts, not just GF.
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From the OS: Gator drags child into Seven Seas Lagoon
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tissandtully
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Or someone did something else terrible and this was their plan.. they are both disgusting possibilities, but a gator snatching a child is just odd.
blackthidot
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In 2011? I was staying at Sports and was fishing in the little lake in back and saw a gator (I have video on my phone of him).
All the sudden this dude comes out of his room and starts making that loud kissing sound with his lips. The gator came over to about maybe 10 feet away from us. I was like "Dude how did you know that would work?" His response..."We were throwing him chicken the past 2 days and making that noise while we were doing it."
I posted about it in a trip report I did. I not sure what year and I'm way to fat and lazy to look right now.
But you know....People...
All the sudden this dude comes out of his room and starts making that loud kissing sound with his lips. The gator came over to about maybe 10 feet away from us. I was like "Dude how did you know that would work?" His response..."We were throwing him chicken the past 2 days and making that noise while we were doing it."
I posted about it in a trip report I did. I not sure what year and I'm way to fat and lazy to look right now.
But you know....People...
PhotoDave219
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I just saw that RT'd into my timeline.... That would be a problem gator, yes.
WDW1974
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Only thing I can think would cause this is that guests have been feeding these Gators..so unbelievable
This is a problem. I recall a few years back seeing about a 4-5 footer in the water at the entrance to the Beach Club and idiots were tossing pizza to it. I calmly explained why what they were doing was wrong, possibly illegal and dangerous and ... I was told to go blank myself I went in and demanded to speak to the on-duty manager (no, wasn't staying there ... just lying and parking on my way into EPCOT because I am an awful person!) and he didn't take it as seriously as I would have hoped. Two days later I was there (dining this time) and on the way in, the gator was still there.
WDW1974
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That is extremely unusual behavior and indicates to me that this gator was a problem and likely had been fed by people (maybe those great bungalows allow more gators to be lazy diners).
jlsHouston
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We are here at GF on property...left for EPCOT around 5 and then dropped the 3 kiddos not in diapers at Sandpiper and took the 2 in diapers with us to millennia mall to get the 6 year old who's turning 7 in 2 days a few gifts...so we just returned. And as everybody is posting we have a helicopter circling non stop overhead, cops everywhere, state law enforcement... I dunno this is absolutely sad, terrifying, depressing, tragic. I just don't have the right words.
JenniferS
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He has posted a link to this unfolding story, and a pic of the gator you mentioned, to his FB page.
Kristamouse
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Bless that family and hug your babies tight. As a Mother and human my heat just aches...
Tom Morrow
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Yeah... true. I'm assuming there were probably other witnesses that can confirm it actually happened.
WDW1974
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Which is as ridiculous as most of their kneejerk responses. ... wildlife is a fact of life.
Florida black bears have been spotted in FW in the last few weeks. You just educated people and hope they act responsibly ... or you simply kill every animal you possibly can.
tissandtully
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It's most certainly illegal, unless I guess since it's on WDW property they can do whatever they want. I'm born and raised Central Florida with Gators in my backyard and I've only heard of maybe small dogs being grabbed, a two year old is same size I guess, but around a whole crowd of people?
WDW1974
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I would say without hesitation that this is the worst week in the history of the city ... and it is only Tuesday night.
tissandtully
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Are there bear trash cans at FW?
I was thinking the same thing. Gators generally avoid groups of people unless they have been fed and begun to associate people with food. When that happens, all bets are off
PhotoDave219
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Law of unintended consequences.
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