2 Year Old Dragged into Water by Gator at Disney Resort

[Anonymous]

So sad the family didn't choose to wade/swim in the nearby swimming pool that had the lifeguard instead of the lagoon that had no swimming signs. I think that would be the more appealing choice to most people and so even without thinking about safety, most people would naturally make the safer choice.

I can't imagine the hell these poor parents must be living right now. I am sure they are second-guessing every decision surrounding the death of of their child. I hope that I am never in their shoes, I hope they can find the strength to heal and take care of their remaining child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Having never lived in Florida or the surrounding states, I would have assumed the no swimming signs were there so that people didn't drown or less up the man made lake. Never would I have thought that an alligator could eat my kid who was playing in ankle-deep water. Never. Especially at a place like Disneyworld where everything is so fake and constructed. Those poor parents. It is horrifying.

Ankle-deep water seems right up the alligator's alley, no? Did you think they might stalk their prey way deep underwater?

In the Everglades, sure. In a man-made lake at Disneyworld? I wouldn't have worried at all. And I worry about so many things.

That's a fair response, I suppose. As much as the gator concern in FL seems obvious to me, I'm probably not being concerned as much as I should be about something else (not on my radar).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To all Florida tourists: if the water is brackish and non-transparent think carefully as to the wisdom of getting close. Besides gators were have boa constrictors and water moccasins. The latter like to sun themselves curled around the hose outside of many homes. Gators like golf courses and also to sun themselves on paved surfaces -- driveways, near front doors. When the sun gets too hot they will also crawl under parked cars. Water mocassins are a whole different story. Let us not overlook Florida cougars, coyotes, and armadillos too. If you see signs about wildlife being present, you have been forewarned. True, maybe Disney and other resort owners will have to step up the game at checkin.

PP, do you think Disney resort pools are safe? At night, early morning? I am thinking about the non-lifeguarded ones at resorts like Port Orleans.

[Anonymous]

Divers found the body. I feel so sorry for these parents. I'm not a Floridian and know nothing about alligators -- if I was visiting a Disney resort it wouldn't even cross my mind that alligators could be lurking in the resort's water.

[Anonymous]

I've never wanted to tell so many posters IHYDIAF on a forum before.
So many smug, self righteous assholes, it would take all night to reply to them all.
I'm sure this will get removed.
Don't care.
Have you people no shame?
This family has been destroyed.
Fuck. You. All.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So sad the family didn't choose to wade/swim in the nearby swimming pool that had the lifeguard instead of the lagoon that had no swimming signs. I think that would be the more appealing choice to most people and so even without thinking about safety, most people would naturally make the safer choice.

I can't imagine the hell these poor parents must be living right now. I am sure they are second-guessing every decision surrounding the death of of their child. I hope that I am never in their shoes, I hope they can find the strength to heal and take care of their remaining child.

You can't wade in that pool.

Why would a pool be more appealing? So sad Disney made a fake beach front with sand and cabanas with alligators lurking holding events on the "beach." The sheriff said that the boy was doing NOTHING WRONG. The parents did not make a wrong on unsafe choice knowingly. Disney knows that alligators can get into their man-made lagoons and that you would not necessarily see them in the water day or night.

[Anonymous]

The stats I'm reading are that there 1 in 2.4 million chances of an attack like this occurring so let's lay off the parents, jeez. Their son...their baby boy is dead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never wanted to tell so many posters IHYDIAF on a forum before.
So many smug, self righteous assholes, it would take all night to reply to them all.
I'm sure this will get removed.
Don't care.
Have you people no shame?
This family has been destroyed.
Fuck. You. All.

The child in question is gone. The odds of the parents reading this are almost zero. But apparently there's a huge percentage of the population who doesn't know anything about alligators. I'd say we are doing a great service to those people to educate them. It could save lives in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never wanted to tell so many posters IHYDIAF on a forum before.
So many smug, self righteous assholes, it would take all night to reply to them all.
I'm sure this will get removed.
Don't care.
Have you people no shame?
This family has been destroyed.
Fuck. You. All.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well that child would have been eaten or drowned. It's plain irresponsible to let a 2 year old play near water unattended.

He wasn't unattended, and your victim blaming is disgusting.

The alligator isn't a perp, it's an animal. Leaving a child in or near water with being right there is a dangerous situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've never wanted to tell so many posters IHYDIAF on a forum before.
So many smug, self righteous assholes, it would take all night to reply to them all.
I'm sure this will get removed.
Don't care.
Have you people no shame?
This family has been destroyed.
Fuck. You. All.

The child in question is gone. The odds of the parents reading this are almost zero. But apparently there's a huge percentage of the population who doesn't know anything about alligators. I'd say we are doing a great service to those people to educate them. It could save lives in the future.

Oh yeah... Real humanitarians these poster are...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To all Florida tourists: if the water is brackish and non-transparent think carefully as to the wisdom of getting close. Besides gators were have boa constrictors and water moccasins. The latter like to sun themselves curled around the hose outside of many homes. Gators like golf courses and also to sun themselves on paved surfaces -- driveways, near front doors. When the sun gets too hot they will also crawl under parked cars. Water mocassins are a whole different story. Let us not overlook Florida cougars, coyotes, and armadillos too. If you see signs about wildlife being present, you have been forewarned. True, maybe Disney and other resort owners will have to step up the game at checkin.

PP, do you think Disney resort pools are safe? At night, early morning? I am thinking about the non-lifeguarded ones at resorts like Port Orleans.

Yes. I wonder too. We went on night swims in unlifeguaded pools at night at Disney.

Would never have imagined they have gators in them too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never wanted to tell so many posters IHYDIAF on a forum before.
So many smug, self righteous assholes, it would take all night to reply to them all.
I'm sure this will get removed.
Don't care.
Have you people no shame?
This family has been destroyed.
Fuck. You. All.

+ 1 ! I even have friends posting this garbage on facebook. One went as far as to say that the dad is garbage for living, he should have died trying to save the little boy. I hope those people never find themselves in such a horrible nightmare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've never wanted to tell so many posters IHYDIAF on a forum before.
So many smug, self righteous assholes, it would take all night to reply to them all.
I'm sure this will get removed.
Don't care.
Have you people no shame?
This family has been destroyed.
Fuck. You. All.

This.

Totally agree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've never wanted to tell so many posters IHYDIAF on a forum before.
So many smug, self righteous assholes, it would take all night to reply to them all.
I'm sure this will get removed.
Don't care.
Have you people no shame?
This family has been destroyed.
Fuck. You. All.

Clap clap.

The one troll that repeatedly calls the family and posters stupid and complaining that poor gators might get killed in search of the boy should be banned from dcum.