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Gator grabs 2 year old @ Disney

Dennis H

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Just see it on tv My heart fell to the floor What the **** is that thing doing there in the first place Being a father and grandfather Not good
 
Ive been at that hotel,its a beautiful place. I think i recall the area were it may have happened. There was a small beach type area that started at the edge of the hotel. There was a walkway that took you from Grand Floridian to the Polonesian Hotel. I remember watching my two year old and she was playing in the sand. I was right next to her. I like you have to question how you let a two year old get that far ahead of you. Now i didn't read the part were the child was playing in the water. Not saying it didn't happen.just did not read that as of yet,but like you id be thinking the same thoughts.
Anyway we look at it,this is a nightmare and gives me the chills just thinking of it. The place is so serine,so calm and beautiful you wonder how this can happen. Awful Awful
 
I go there every year with my three daughters and wife. I have friends that live in Melborne Florida and their dog was killed by an alligator. Unless it is a clear swimming pool or a salty ocean, I will not go swimming. My friend told me stand behind a tree or run in a zig zag motion as alligators are fast in a straight line but do not corner well...like my old Mopars.
 
First thing you learn living in FL is any body of fresh water can have alligators. That includes swimming pools. The second thing you learn is alligators won't go after anything more than about half their body length, so they will rarely ever attack an adult, but a little kid like this they will. As for agility, they corner very well, but they have no endurance. They can run pretty fast on land, but not very far, so don't zig zag... just get distance between you and them and the race ends very quickly.

I don't envy the guys who have to go find this kid. Gators take their prey to little stash holes where they can jam it in there and let it rot so it's easier to eat. Those guys are gonna have to find that hiding spot and get the kid's remains out... not a job anyone would want.
 
They tell you no swimming or wading in any of the lakes there especially the lagoon.
 
Sadly,
Already all 4 "Gators" have been euthanatized with no sign of child.

Good point Dennis H.
What kind of parents are they?

"uh, where is our 2 year old child honey?"
 
First the gorilla know the gators. Killing wildlife because of human stupidity. sorry for the parents though, family vacation turns into a nightmare that will last them a lifetime.very sad.
 
human stupidity,it never ends.
and of course the gators got put down because you know,
they are offending humans by erm...living in their environment.


some of the replies ive seen on fb are the Dumbest...people complaining about gators living there?
Really?
jesus......how about people taking some responsibility for their Own actions or Lack Thereof,instead of blaming a creature whos doing his thing in His Environment??!!...?
 
Sad to see your kid a young kid, drug under to death, in a gators jaws,
right in front of you...
A little compassion is warranted, even for a stupid human...

I smell a lawsuit coming too...
Big $$$, maybe rightfully so too...
But people should be careful
but should have some sort of resemblance of safety in a big resort like that,
would be expected...
I wonder if there was any good warnings or signs etc.?
Probably ? but how clear was the danger ?
was there a thought of some sort of safety ?

It's a sad deal either way, my deepest & heartfelt condolences
goes out to them too, this was a 2 year old child eaten' by a gator people...

I don't know if it would have stopped me from going in
& trying to save my kid, probably wouldn't have let him in the water thou,
in the 1st place too...
But sometime 2 year olds do some quick escapes too, seems a bit phishy...
I guess you'd never know until it happens...
Lets not forget this was just a 2 year old, **** happens too...
Yes it sucks, even if the human adult parental element, was an idiot...
Humans 1st thou, especially children, young children...

I'd kill every one of them in the area,
it's not like they are in danger or extinction or endangered,
there's millions of them...

It was a man made body of water too,
it's not a swamp or bayou or levee...
Maybe a false sense of safety, I don't know...

Who knows what the father was thinking,
he allegedly fought for the child too...
Had scars & bleeding, panicked & distraught, no doubt freaked out etc.,
especially if he's from somewhere, they don't have gators...
But you have to expect that gators could get there too,
it's Florida & it was a 7' gator, that's not that big really...

Chute em' Jacob, chute em'
 
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People are stupid, and there's consequence to being stupid. Gators do 2 things....eat and make more gators.
 
Unconfirmed, 2 year old found inside gator. Whole. Uy.
 
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