Posted on 06/15/2016 4:20:07 AM PDT by Kaslin
Authorities in Florida said at a news conference Wednesday they are still searching for a child who was attacked and dragged into the water by an alligator at a Disney resort.
Orange County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jeff Williamson said authorities plan to continue searching the Seven Seas Lagoon at Disney World’s The Grand Floridian Resort & Spa and said it’s still a search and rescue operation.
Williamson said the 2-year-old boy was playing at the edge of the shoreline of the lagoon when the alligator came up and attacked the boy. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said earlier that the boy’s family is from Nebraska and they were on vacation with their three children at the resort when the alligator attacked.
Demings said the father had entered the water and tried to grab the child from the reptile, but was unsuccessful. The parents quickly alerted a lifeguard that an alligator had attacked the boy.
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Gators are hunted. Don’t know about FL, but there is definitely hunting in TX, LA, and MS.
Were there other witnesses to the attack?
Did anyone else other than the parents see the alligator?
But not for profit, which is what the parents did.
I read an article years ago in the ABA magazine about Disney’s stranglehold on lawsuits. Basically their first tactic is to make sure the lawsuit is held in Orlando, where the incident happened. Next they always have a jury trial and it is impossible to seat a jury without most jurors either working or knowing someone who works for Disney, or the tourism industry that is greatly benefited by Disney’s presence. Then it is a simple matter of getting them to realize how their bread is buttered.
“The only place there are no gators in Florida is in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico”
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FYI: ‘Gators do sometimes venture into saltwater. I’ve seen pics of them in the Pamlico Sound (NC) and even one photographed over on Ocracoke Island on the OBX several years ago. They don’t do well in saltwater; as they can’t get rid of the salt from their systems like some crocs can and will eventually die if they can’t get back to fresh water.
That said, the American crocodile is being reestablished in south Florida ...they are known to reach 20 feet and regularly attack humans in the Central American and the Caribbean parts of their current range. The American crocodile is one of two crocodile species known to inhabit both fresh and saltwater. (The other is the Estuarine/Saltwater crocodile of the Indo-Pacific; an notorious “man-eater.”)
Based upon current USF&W plans the American crocodile will be reestablished in both Atlantic and Gulf waters around the southern tip of FL and the FL Keyes.
If that isn’t enough “fun” for future Floridians; recently several young Nile crocodiles were captured in the Florida Everglades ...no one knows how many more may be out there undiscovered. Nile crocs are extremely aggressive and only exceeded in size by the Estuarine crocs. Of all the crocodilians, “Niles” account for the largest number of human attacks/fatalities each year.
Personally, I believe the reintroduction of large saltwater crocodilians adjacent to areas that have heavy human populations is reckless and bound to lead to future attacks/fatalities. This is due to the fact that the younger males will be driven out by larger males and migrate along the coast to new areas. Just ask the people around Darwin Australia what they think about it!
I took out whole life policies on my two boys (17 and 14) when they were born. When they turn 25 I will assign each of them their own policy. Each policy will be paid in full and ongoing premiums will be paid by earnings on the cash value.
If they boys maintain them until age 65 each one will have a cash value currently estimated to be in excess of $250,000. That’s a legacy I can appreciate leaving behind for them.
Probably, because the dinosaurs would eat the wacko’s first!
That thought crossed my mind also.
WDW has it’s own governmental system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reedy_Creek_Improvement_District
The Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID) is the immediate governing jurisdiction for the land of the Walt Disney World Resort. As of the late 1990s, it comprised an area of 38.6 sq mi (100 km2) within the outer limits of Orange and Osceola counties in Florida. The RCID includes the cities of Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, and unincorporated RCID land.
A five-member Board of Supervisors governs the District, elected by the landowners of the District.[citation needed] These members, senior employees of The Walt Disney Company, each own undeveloped five-acre (20,235 m²) lots of land within the District, the only land in the District not technically controlled by Disney or used for public road purposes. The only residents of the District, also Disney employees or their immediate family members, live in two small communities, one in each city. In the 2000 census, Bay Lake had 23 residents, all in the community on the north shore of Bay Lake, and Lake Buena Vista had 16 residents, all in the community about a mile north of Disney Springs.[citation needed] These residents elect the officials of the cities, but since they don’t actually own any land, they don’t have any power in electing the District Board of Supervisors.
I am not as concerned about alligators as I am about pythons introduced in Florida. Why? Because gators rarely if ever come out of the pond and attack humans. Whereas pythons have no natural enemy in Florida, they are multiplying fast, and they invade backyards of people, killing pets and children.
This is what happens when you replace American workers by lower paid immigrant workers who don’t care about the working conditions or safety of the guests.
As I understand, yes there were witnesses to the attack.
Witnesses that were nearby when the alligator snatched the boy gave law enforcement “detailed” information about what happened, but at an earlier news conference with reporters, Demings did not recount specifically what they said.
One witness dialed 911 at 9:16 p.m., Demings said. The mother and father, who at different points both ran into the water after the child, shouted for the help of a nearby lifeguard.
“The parents diligently tried to get the child,” Demings said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/15/nebraska-toddler-dragged-into-water-by-alligator-at-disney-resort-in-orlando/
We have insurance on our kids — just $10k each to cover funeral expenses. It’s a “rider” on our regular life insurance policy. Hope we never have to use it.
I am originally from FL and sadly you have to assume there are gators in every little mudhole. I wouldn’t even jump in a pool in Miami without checking it first.
Florida now has crocodiles due various numb nutz throwing them into the canals and lakes. Crocs are not native to Florida. The crocodile numbers are still small but if they can find a good eco- niche they can get large.
Has anyone found a map / graphic showing the exact location of the grab?
The likely place is a little stretch of beach by the beach pool bar that is designed for lounging in the sand.
The media is so lazy they can’t research anything.
OK, that makes sense! Thanks for the info.
I truly think SOME government is needed such as one that would stop invasive predators like pythons and muslims thus allowing the rest of us greater safety and freedom.
Modern, controlled hunting, particularly to reduce populations near heavily populated tourist traps, would not cause alligator extinction. Gators are no longer endangered.
That said, one would think Disney would be giving out information on the importance of keeping small children away from bodies of water other than swimming pools. If they do not do so now, I will wager the lawsuit coming at them from this family will cause an attitude adjustment.
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