2 Year Old Dragged into Water by Gator at Disney Resort

[Anonymous]

The gator fear on this thread is astonishing. This is such a freak accident. It is very unusual for gators to attack humans. We are aware of alligators and avoid them but you only have to worry about small pets getting snatched. This is very unusual.

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I have always been more afraid of gators than any animal out there. They terrify me. Seriously I won't vacation in gator-territory until my kids are much bigger.

My heart breaks for this family. I can't even imagine.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the parents thought no swimming meant no swimming, but wading is okay.

I'd probably be this way. I'd think, "Oh, the signs are there b/c it's too dangerous to swim, but wading does not count as swimming."

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Anonymous wrote:Why is a 2-yr-old up at 9:30?

that's your response to this tragedy? are you the spawn of trump?

Poor parenting us often discussed and this is an example if a two year old up too late and parents no watching. Or dud I miss the oart where the alligator broke into their place and removed the sleeping child from a bed

What is "too late?" Not everyone has the exact same schedule. I knew a family where the Dad worked a late shift (till 8 pm) every night so the whole family adjusted it's schedule where the kids stayed up late so they could actually spend time with their Dad daily. The kids were not sleep deprived--they just slept later in the morning.

The Electrical Water Pageant goes by the hotels on the lagoon about 9:00, they said there was a movie on the beach, and fireworks are about 9:00 and you can see them from outside the hotels. There are tons of reasons a family at Disney would be outside with a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old at 9:00, especially if its the third night of their trip -- that might be the night they planned to stay up and do the nighttime stuff. This isn't people taking their 2-year-old to a casino at 11:30 pm, this is a family doing Disney stuff at Disney.

This. Except fireworks are at 10:00 pm, not 9:00. I can't believe all the parent blaming here. I'm from Orlando, and we've stayed at the Grand Floridian many times. People are on vacation and many congregate at the beach at the lagoon to watch the fireworks. There are chairs, an outdoor movie, smores, etc going on until late. Kids run around and play and wade at the shoreline. This is what you do at the resort if you are not across at the Magic Kingdom. I doubt it would occur to anyone to be vigilent for gators in that atmosphere. I would never have let my kids swm in the dark, but they have always played on that beach. This is so tragic.

Exactly!

People and kids are allover the shorlines at Disney, even at night.

One poster seems particularly bitchy and cold in her responses. She has the tone of a regular dcum anti princess kate troll. I wouldn't be surprise if many of these outrageous, blame filled idotic posts are that same person.


.even the lawyers are showing comlassion on this thread...

Jeff said Kate hater is tuna lady. I bet you're right, it is her.

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Anonymous wrote:The lake is not a naturally occurring lake, it is a man made lake. Disney made the lake in an area infested with alligators. They didn't rope off this attractive nuisance, and encouraged families to congregate on the beach by hosting a boat parade, movies, and activities. I can't believe people are blaming the parents.

Exactly. Id you know there are gators in your pond, you do not host events there for your resort.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the parents thought no swimming meant no swimming, but wading is okay.

I'd probably be this way. I'd think, "Oh, the signs are there b/c it's too dangerous to swim, but wading does not count as swimming."

We were there last year and that's exactly what I thought. I let my kids wade and fill their bucket from the water. Now I think it was a bad decision, but at the time I didn't. I wish the signs had said "no going in the water" or something more than "no swimming," which is all they said.

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The child was in a foot of water. Deep for a two year old. There should have been employees on the beach enforcing no swimming

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Does no one else think this sounds exactly like the US version of "The Dingo Ate My Baby?"

Same freak accident, same horrific outcome.

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It sounds like this was a freak accident which makes it scarier in a way. The news this week out of Orlando serves as a reminder of how little control we truly have over things. So sad for the family.

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The fireworks are at different times on different nights. Maybe tied to the extra hours nights.

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Anonymous wrote:The child was in a foot of water. Deep for a two year old. There should have been employees on the beach enforcing no swimming

He was in ankle-deep water, a foot from the water's edge. Not in 12-inch-deep water.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if the parents thought no swimming meant no swimming, but wading is okay.

I'd probably be this way. I'd think, "Oh, the signs are there b/c it's too dangerous to swim, but wading does not count as swimming."

We were there last year and that's exactly what I thought. I let my kids wade and fill their bucket from the water. Now I think it was a bad decision, but at the time I didn't. I wish the signs had said "no going in the water" or something more than "no swimming," which is all they said.

+1. I'd assume it was forbidden because of lack of lifeguards on duty or too much bacteria or something. Not because a f'in gator might eat you!!

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There were signs posted that said NO SWIMMING and these idiot parents let their 2 yo in the water? Um, I feel bad for the 4 gators that they've had to euthanize looking for the kids remains.
You need a license to drive a car, but any idiot can "parent"?

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Anonymous wrote:The lake is not a naturally occurring lake, it is a man made lake. Disney made the lake in an area infested with alligators. They didn't rope off this attractive nuisance, and encouraged families to congregate on the beach by hosting a boat parade, movies, and activities. I can't believe people are blaming the parents.

I agree.

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In the water, alligators move pretty fast. The kid could have even been standing on the beach. It could have happened during the day. It's a horrible tragedy. That poor family.

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The posters (or maybe only one poster) claiming the parents could have prevented this by being closer to the child must not be familiar with how gators attack. For such a huge animals they are incredibly fast, silent, and practically invisible above the water.