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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a man made  Pond within a few feet of fire pits, lawn chairs, pools, slides.  The family in no way suspected there were alligators in the pond. 
[b]The child may have been attacked if he was just on the sand.[/b] The alligator was very aggressive and looking for dinner. 
There is no to blame the family for this tragic accident. They are going through the unthinkable. I'm sure they have a lifetime of regret ahead.[/quote]

I think so too, he could have been two inches out of the water instead of two inches in the water and this same thing probably would have happened. Then the "omg he was SWIMMING!" semantics would be moot, but alas, he dared to touch his feet to the water. I really don't think a court would be terribly impressed at efforts to blur the distinction between swimming and having your feet a couple inches in the water. [/quote]

The reality is that it probably wouldn't have. The reason is because of the way alligators hunt and catch prey. The sense the movement in the water and head toward that. Smaller water disturbance is more manageable prey. So, if the kid had been on the beach and not moving in the water, that gator would have passed right by. They don't hunt on land and are rarely aggressive on land (unless harassed or protecting its nest).[/quote]

This.   There are several gators in the pond behind my house.  The HOA will have them removed when when they reach about 5-6 feet.  We all have kids.   They play outside.   They obviously know not to play in the water.  If you walk towards a gator,  he will go in the water.  They are more aggressive  during breeding and nesting season (now),  but they don't grab people from dry land. They lunge from the water at prey or attack prey in the water. They don't  chase people around on land. They are fast in water,  but slow on land.  They don't pull people from boats,  jet skis or kayaks.  They don't hunt for people.   You don't want to be between a gator and a nest or between a gator and the water.   Otherwise,  we just ignore them.

The reality is that it is extremely unlikely that the alligator would have grabbed the child had he been out of the water. He would not have looked like prey standing on the shore.  I've been that close to alligators plenty of times.  This was a freak accident. Not the gator's fault.  Not Disney's fault.  Certainly not the parent's fault. People need to place blame to feel in control.   We are not always in control.  Bad things sometimes happen and it doesn't have to be anyone's fault. [/quote]

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