2 Year Old Dragged into Water by Gator at Disney Resort

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This whole thread is just further proof that many Southerners are sanctimonious, judgmental asses.

"OMG, who doesn't know about gators and the dangers of fresh water?!?!"

"Good Christians," my ass.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry--that worry is also filled with brain eating bacteria. The parents were already playing with fire letting their child play in the water.

How would they know this? Plus, wading is not swimming. Anyone would have done the same thing. Of course there should be warning signs about gators. That poor, poor family and that poor child. I can't even think about it.

Ignorance isn't an excuse for doing something dangerous.

Wading in ankle deep water is not dangerous when you are from most parts of the world.

+1. Here's the photo a PP linked to, showing a little boy at the exact spot where Lane Graves was attacked, about a half-hour before that happened. Most people would not consider this to be a dangerous activity.

Yeah, and I see a sign to the left - clear as it could be - posting "No swimming or wading or whatever". See that sign to the left!

I see the back of a sign. The back of the sign that I see looks suspiciously like the back of other signs I have seen at Disney that simply say "no swimming".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread is just further proof that many Southerners are sanctimonious, judgmental asses.

"OMG, who doesn't know about gators and the dangers of fresh water?!?!"

"Good Christians," my ass.

I hadn't thought of it this way, but you may be right.

And then off they go to their Trump rallies. . .

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Anonymous wrote:All this talk about adequate signs! As if people actually pay attention to them? Really?

Go look at a Stop sign. It means "Stop". It is unambiguous. It does not mean "Slow Down, Someone Might be Coming". It means "Stop". And people ignore it all the time.

Tylenol has a warning. Don't take with alcohol. People ignore that all the time too!

Go to the beach. Caution Strong Current signs are routinely ignored and people who haven't the slightest idea what they're doing drown because they ignore the sign.

Maybe these people would have hightailed it away from the lake if it had a gators beware sign. I tend to doubt it, though.

I would bet that each one of you who complains about the lack of a warning sign routinely ignored warning signs putting you and your children at risk.

That's fine. If people don't pay attention to them, then that is their problem. Disney is covered.

If Disney does not put them up, then it *is* Disney's problem. And that is what we are saying. Disney had inadequate

signage.

No, it didn't. . Look at the CNN and other posts. "NO SWIMMING" . How much clearer does Disney need to be? and there was an adjacent pool with lifeguard to let the little ones have fun. Parents were watching movie. Kid goes off into no swimming area. horrific things happen. But that is florida. What do you expect of disney? TO red rope every single beach in the lagoon saying "some dangerous life forms like snapping turltes or alligators may be present - or sting rays - or crabs - or bugs"

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Anonymous wrote:All this talk about adequate signs! As if people actually pay attention to them? Really?

Go look at a Stop sign. It means "Stop". It is unambiguous. It does not mean "Slow Down, Someone Might be Coming". It means "Stop". And people ignore it all the time.

Tylenol has a warning. Don't take with alcohol. People ignore that all the time too!

Go to the beach. Caution Strong Current signs are routinely ignored and people who haven't the slightest idea what they're doing drown because they ignore the sign.

Maybe these people would have hightailed it away from the lake if it had a gators beware sign. I tend to doubt it, though.

I would bet that each one of you who complains about the lack of a warning sign routinely ignored warning signs putting you and your children at risk.

That's fine. If people don't pay attention to them, then that is their problem. Disney is covered.

If Disney does not put them up, then it *is* Disney's problem. And that is what we are saying. Disney had inadequate

signage.

No, it didn't. . Look at the CNN and other posts. "NO SWIMMING" . How much clearer does Disney need to be? and there was an adjacent pool with lifeguard to let the little ones have fun. Parents were watching movie. Kid goes off into no swimming area. horrific things happen. But that is florida. What do you expect of disney? TO red rope every single beach in the lagoon saying "some dangerous life forms like snapping turltes or alligators may be present - or sting rays - or crabs - or bugs"

I cannot believe how some of you will fight to your last breath to protect Disney like this. They are a large corporation, people. They are not your mother or your grandma. The Disney glitter has gotten into your lemonade.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry--that worry is also filled with brain eating bacteria. The parents were already playing with fire letting their child play in the water.

How would they know this? Plus, wading is not swimming. Anyone would have done the same thing. Of course there should be warning signs about gators. That poor, poor family and that poor child. I can't even think about it.

Ignorance isn't an excuse for doing something dangerous.

Wading in ankle deep water is not dangerous when you are from most parts of the world.

+1. Here's the photo a PP linked to, showing a little boy at the exact spot where Lane Graves was attacked, about a half-hour before that happened. Most people would not consider this to be a dangerous activity.

Yeah, and I see a sign to the left - clear as it could be - posting "No swimming or wading or whatever". See that sign to the left!

I see the back of a sign. The back of the sign that I see looks suspiciously like the back of other signs I have seen at Disney that simply say "no swimming".

If it was this bright out 30 min earlier, then it was still relatively light out 30 min later. How did the dad not see an alligator approaching -- the water seems pretty clear at the edges. Are they that quiet? Do they move super fast?

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If it was this bright out 30 min earlier, then it was still relatively light out 30 min later. How did the dad not see an alligator approaching -- the water seems pretty clear at the edges. Are they that quiet? Do they move super fast?

I may be getting my croc and gator knowledge mixed up, but yes, they leap very quickly, snap up their prey and return to the water to roll and drown them. Gone in a second.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think the Graves did anything negligent or wrong. But I don't think Disney did either.

Even though we want to, sometimes there really is just no one to blame. Prayers to the family.

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agreed

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If it was this bright out 30 min earlier, then it was still relatively light out 30 min later. How did the dad not see an alligator approaching -- the water seems pretty clear at the edges. Are they that quiet? Do they move super fast?

Not PP you're arguing with, but yes, gators are silent and very fast. The child had no chance, despite his father's efforts.

I wish the internet would leave this family alone to grieve.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry--that worry is also filled with brain eating bacteria. The parents were already playing with fire letting their child play in the water.

How would they know this? Plus, wading is not swimming. Anyone would have done the same thing. Of course there should be warning signs about gators. That poor, poor family and that poor child. I can't even think about it.

Ignorance isn't an excuse for doing something dangerous.

Wading in ankle deep water is not dangerous when you are from most parts of the world.

+1. Here's the photo a PP linked to, showing a little boy at the exact spot where Lane Graves was attacked, about a half-hour before that happened. Most people would not consider this to be a dangerous activity.

Yeah, and I see a sign to the left - clear as it could be - posting "No swimming or wading or whatever". See that sign to the left!

I see the back of a sign. The back of the sign that I see looks suspiciously like the back of other signs I have seen at Disney that simply say "no swimming".

If it was this bright out 30 min earlier, then it was still relatively light out 30 min later. How did the dad not see an alligator approaching -- the water seems pretty clear at the edges. Are they that quiet? Do they move super fast?

It's a predator, not a manatee. Yes, it moves fast.

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Anonymous wrote:To all of you people, furiously typing away, with such glee, and sanctimony, just basking in the glow of this poor families tragedy, and your own superiority...


I hope something so horrifically gruesome befalls you, something so horrifically, spectacularly terrible it makes the national news, and you can be treated to this same treatment. We can all pass judgment on you for be such and idiot and falling victim to your own bad choices.

I curse you.

Ok well at least you have taken the moral high ground here

[Anonymous]

I stayed in Polynesian resort last month, and let my 3 year old wade in the lagoon water. I had absolutely no idea there could have been alligators (I'm not from this country, and so as many of the guests at Disney).

Yes, I know there was "no swimming" sign, but I did not think it meant "do not go into the water."

The official guide book of Disney World says "the beaches are strictly for sunbathing, sand-castle-building, afternoon snoozing, and evening fireworks viewing (no swimming allowed)." When we checked in, the hotel gave my DS a bucket and a shovel. Of course, DS wanted to go to the beach and build sand castles. And how can you build a sand castle without ever touching the water? I felt at that time it's completely appropriate for him to go in and get some water in the bucket.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry--that worry is also filled with brain eating bacteria. The parents were already playing with fire letting their child play in the water.

How would they know this? Plus, wading is not swimming. Anyone would have done the same thing. Of course there should be warning signs about gators. That poor, poor family and that poor child. I can't even think about it.

Ignorance isn't an excuse for doing something dangerous.

Wading in ankle deep water is not dangerous when you are from most parts of the world.

+1. Here's the photo a PP linked to, showing a little boy at the exact spot where Lane Graves was attacked, about a half-hour before that happened. Most people would not consider this to be a dangerous activity.

Yes. They are that quiet and difficult to see.



Yeah, and I see a sign to the left - clear as it could be - posting "No swimming or wading or whatever". See that sign to the left!

I see the back of a sign. The back of the sign that I see looks suspiciously like the back of other signs I have seen at Disney that simply say "no swimming".

If it was this bright out 30 min earlier, then it was still relatively light out 30 min later. How did the dad not see an alligator approaching -- the water seems pretty clear at the edges. Are they that quiet? Do they move super fast?

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Anonymous wrote:To all of you people, furiously typing away, with such glee, and sanctimony, just basking in the glow of this poor families tragedy, and your own superiority...


I hope something so horrifically gruesome befalls you, something so horrifically, spectacularly terrible it makes the national news, and you can be treated to this same treatment. We can all pass judgment on you for be such and idiot and falling victim to your own bad choices.

I curse you.

Ok well at least you have taken the moral high ground here

Go to hell.
I mean that literally. If you've enganged in this unbelievably grotesque display of schadenfreude, you deserve all of the terrible things that are coming to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This whole thread is just further proof that many Southerners are sanctimonious, judgmental asses.

"OMG, who doesn't know about gators and the dangers of fresh water?!?!"

"Good Christians," my ass.

This is dcum.

And the people being sanctimonious are making it clear they don't go to Disney and do not stay on Disney property.

Based on these two things odds are very strong that the sanctimoneous bitches are most likely your typical dcum know it all atheist troll who hates children and puts animal life over human life, have disdain for the parents for being midwesterners.

The Floridians, while repetitve (everyone knows alligators are in lakes and swimming pools and feed at night) have not really taken glee in this child's death and smugly atracked the parents in their time of loss.

It is very unlikely that the sanctimonious trolls are conservative, Christian southerners.