2 Year Old Dragged into Water by Gator at Disney Resort

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who are interested in sending a donation.


https://www.gofundme.com/29nsn6xw#

My condolences to the family but why would they need assistance? They seem like a well off family.

People in Omaha are incredibly generous and will take care of this family. You have no idea how the family will use the money.

This has nothing to do with anything. And it is not necessarily true, from what I have seen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Disney knew about the presence of the large gators in the lagoon and the possible risks associated with it when they built several beaches around the lagoon at their most overpriced monorail resorts it is akin installing water fountains in Flint with "no drinking" on them when you know that the water was unsafe.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Question for the people who say the parents are not at fault... If a babysitter or nanny had let the little boy wade in the water and he was attacked, who would everyone be blaming? Wouldn't the babysitter take the heat for this?

An accident out of everyone's control would be a plane crashing into the hotel or hotel room. If you allow your child to do something and they become injured because you allowed it, is it not your fault? As terrible as it is, children rely on adults for direction in good and bad situations. If he had run off like gorilla kid... That would be out of the parents control but there's a difference between him running off and being allowed to go in because they were in the water.

Do we know if he ran off or was given permission to enter the water?

It sounds like the father was right there with the boy if the father got scratched by the gator. They had been seeing others in that water, they weren't out swimming in it. They were having carefree fun and then this unthinkable tragedy happened. If they had thought for a second that something like that could happen to their precious little boy they would never have gotten near that water.

Now the rest of us can learn from it. That's all we can do with this heartbreaking lesson.

From what I understand from alligator experts, if the father/another adult was right there with the child, the alligator probably wouldn't have attacked. The gator would have been scared off by the size of the adult. I think the boy was alone, but the parents were nearby and able to quickly go after the gator once they realized what was happening. The boy was the size of small prey and probably made splashes like small prey.

This. I have read nothing about how close the father was, but I doubt he was right next to his child. Alligators aren't fast animals. If the dad was in the vicinity, but right to him, he still could have wrestled with the gator. If the dad was right next to the child, I don't think the gator would have attacked. Also, reports have varied as to how deep the child was, ranging from 2-3 inches to 1 foot. If the child was only 2-3 inches in the water, the gator would have had to have been above the surface and visible before the attack. I feel horrible for these poor parents, but there are enough elements to this story that lead me to believe they could have prevented this had they been reasonable careful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who are interested in sending a donation.


https://www.gofundme.com/29nsn6xw#

My condolences to the family but why would they need assistance? They seem like a well off family.

A stroller company is setting this up?? The family rented a stroller from them??? I'm so confused. Is this a scam?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So on some other forums there is a theory brewing.

The Dad drowned the kid and has scratches from the boy fighting him off. The dad then yells gator to cover his tracks. The boy sinks to the bottom and is later found intact and with very few puncture wounds. None of the alligators are found to be responsible. Boys injuries are not consistent with alligator attack. Family gets huge payout from Disney and is not suspected.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist but so much conflicting information has been reported that it makes you wonder.[/quote

Disgusting theory. Disgusting that you are even suggesting this could be true.

[Anonymous]

Two questions I'm curious about (sorry if it was answered before):

1. I was always under impression that every square inch of Disney property is monitored with security cameras from several angles - does Disney have a video of the attack? Or they are not sharing?

2. In similar tragedies there is usually the spontaneous outpouring of support for the victim at a site with flowers/stuffed animals, etc. - didn't see it there. Is Disney actively removing the items or redirecting to another site?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two questions I'm curious about (sorry if it was answered before):

1. I was always under impression that every square inch of Disney property is monitored with security cameras from several angles - does Disney have a video of the attack? Or they are not sharing?

2. In similar tragedies there is usually the spontaneous outpouring of support for the victim at a site with flowers/stuffed animals, etc. - didn't see it there. Is Disney actively removing the items or redirecting to another site?

The beaches are closed, they aren't allowing people on them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.buzzfeed.com/morganshanahan/parents-call-upon-the-village-to-support-lane-graves-parents

People are starting to post pics of their children in the same place. It could have been anyone's child that was there. People who haven't been to that hotel don't seem to understand.

Thanks for sharing. I live close to this resort and guests are on the beach and in the water daily. Disney has never told anyone to move. It's so horrific.

Not only have they not told anyone to move, they've actively encouraged the beach use with the activities and sand pails and buckets. People saying otherwise on here don't seem to understand that this wasn't some random lake in Florida.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If Disney knew about the presence of the large gators in the lagoon and the possible risks associated with it when they built several beaches around the lagoon at their most overpriced monorail resorts it is akin installing water fountains in Flint with "no drinking" on them when you know that the water was unsafe.

+1

You have no idea what you are talking about. They built the lagoon 50 years ago, when alligators were all but extinct, You never saw them in Florida. They built the Grand Floridian about 30 years ago -- again, Gators were coming back, bot not nearly like they are now.

That lagoon was never really meant for swimming, although people did do watercrafts on it. One look into it tells you that.


Bay Lake is the natural lake that once had River Country, where people did swim. And yes, there are gators!



Disney can't just kill them -- they are a protected species.

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I suspect they closed river country because of the gators.

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Cast members warned Disney

http://www.thewrap.com/gator-attack-disney-knew-of-problems-staffer-asked-for-fence-at-lagoon-exclusive/#.V2NO2CpyxMQ.twitter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.buzzfeed.com/morganshanahan/parents-call-upon-the-village-to-support-lane-graves-parents

People are starting to post pics of their children in the same place. It could have been anyone's child that was there. People who haven't been to that hotel don't seem to understand.

That's the thing. It is a resort beach. Nobody expects an alligator to grab anyone.

One of those posts really clued me in. I think her name is 4BoysMom. The one who posted about Adam Walsh and Baby Jessica. YES.. horrible things happen. They are predictable after the fact.

How many people, small children included, have played on that very beach and how many others at Disney World without there ever being an issue?? For how many years?

This was not predictable.

[Anonymous]

Some helpful tips that I just learned:

http://m.wikihow.com/Survive-an-Encounter-with-a-Crocodile-or-Alligator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.buzzfeed.com/morganshanahan/parents-call-upon-the-village-to-support-lane-graves-parents

People are starting to post pics of their children in the same place. It could have been anyone's child that was there. People who haven't been to that hotel don't seem to understand.

Thanks for sharing. I live close to this resort and guests are on the beach and in the water daily. Disney has never told anyone to move. It's so horrific.

Not only have they not told anyone to move, they've actively encouraged the beach use with the activities and sand pails and buckets. People saying otherwise on here don't seem to understand that this wasn't some random lake in Florida.

Exactly. They have parties on the beaches. Parties!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So on some other forums there is a theory brewing.

The Dad drowned the kid and has scratches from the boy fighting him off. The dad then yells gator to cover his tracks. The boy sinks to the bottom and is later found intact and with very few puncture wounds. None of the alligators are found to be responsible. Boys injuries are not consistent with alligator attack. Family gets huge payout from Disney and is not suspected.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist but so much conflicting information has been reported that it makes you wonder.

The boy had traumatic injuries, according to the autopsy.

That's the opposite of what I've read.

The Orange County medical examiner released his cause of death : drowning and traumatic injuries. I'd trust the medical examiner over something that you heard.