Disney World's Grand Floridian hotel and spa in
Orlando, Florida
The state of Florida has been faced with one
tragedy after another over the past few days. Hurricane
Colin circled the coast causing heavy rains and winds. "The
Voice" talent show star, Christina Grimmie, was murdered in
cold blood by a deranged fan, who was stalking her (he
killed himself as well). On Sunday morning, Pulse gay and
lesbian night club was the subject of a terrorist attack
leaving 49 dead and 53 wounded, at the hands of ISIS
terrorist Omar Mateen. Florida Governor, Rick Scott, has
declared a state of emergency and publicly complained
President Obama has not called or visited the state.
Last night, a 2-year-old boy was dragged
into the water by an alligator at Disney's Grand Floridian
Resort and Spa. A family of five was near the water at the
Disney resort, when an alligator surfaced and dragged the
child under the water. The boy's father tried to save him,
but sadly was unable to, due to the sheer strength of the
beast. That poor family. Alligators see humans as
adversaries.
A search is being conducted along the water at
Disney's Grand Floridian hotel and spa for missing toddler
There is an alligator problem in Florida and
the government needs to do something about it (cull them). I
remember in the mid-1990s, I was at Bayfront Park in
Downtown Miami, Florida giving homeless people food and
money on Christmas Eve. When I was done, it was about 7PM. I
stopped to look at the water for a bit. After a few minutes,
I saw the back of a large animal surface right in front of
me and for the life of me couldn't figure out what it was
based on its appearance, as certain animals are not known to
go in Biscayne Bay.
I didn't see the face or tail of the animal.
The animal had ridges on its back. I wondered if it was a
manatee whose back had been cut up by a boat propeller,
another problem in Florida. However, the ridges on the back
of the animal were too perfect, symmetrical and natural
looking to have been healed wounds from a boat propeller.
Then, I wondered if it was a dolphin, as they are known to
be in Biscayne Bay, but they only have one fin on their
back, not over a dozen ridges.
It didn't dawn on me until last week that it
was an alligator I'd seen in Biscayne Bay in the mid-1990s.
Last week I read an article about a massive alligator
walking on a golf course in Palmetto, Florida. The gator was
so big, it looked prehistoric. I couldn't believe it, but it
reminded me of what I had seen in the water by Bayfront Park
in the mid-1990s.
Alligator walking on golf course in Palmetto, Florida
last month. Alligators in Florida didn't used to be this big
or surface in such public places.
The golf courses in Florida have artificial
ponds built in and gators are hiding in some of them. A
couple years ago, a man who worked at a golf course in
Florida, whose job was retrieving golf balls from the
artificial ponds, lost an arm when he went into the water,
which unbeknownst to him, had a gator inside it.
Even sharks are coming in close on Miami
Beach and other places off the coast of Florida. 10-years
ago, there weren't so many shark sightings in Miami,
Florida. However, over the past decade, it has been
happening much more. Something is bringing the sharks closer
to the shore. It could be a change in the temperature of the
water or a change in the contents of marine life and what's
being dumped into the water (what the larger animals are
consuming).
There are all sorts of imbalances with the
waters in Florida, via a problem that did not previously
exist in this manner. There's been a significant amount of
dumping in Biscayne Bay and the Everglades in Florida,
damaging the natural ecosystem over the past 30 plus years.
People illegally import exotic fish, snakes and other
animals as pets from foreign countries, that are not
indigenous to the state, grow tired of them, then dump them
in Florida's waters (criminals have even dumped human bodies
and cocaine in the Everglades, as seen on the news). People
have also dumped garbage in the water.
When I was about 10-years-old my class took
a school field trip to the Everglades, put on protective
gear and went into the water to catch small marine life that
we got to look at under a microscope. It was fun. Now, it is
dangerous to go into the waters in that manner (Everglades).
With all the drug money that has flown through and currently
is in the state of Florida, the government should have put
some tax money aside to clean up the waters of Biscayne Bay
and the Everglades, among other places, but for years, many
excuses have been made.
STORY SOURCE
Authorities search for boy dragged into water by gator
June 15, 2016 - ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) —
Authorities in Orlando are searching for a 2-year-old boy
who was dragged into the water by an alligator near Disney's
upscale Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. Speaking at a news
conference early Wednesday, Orange County Sheriff Jerry
Demings says the family of five from Nebraska was on
vacation and wading in a lake Tuesday evening when the
attack happened. Demings says the father tried to rescue the
child but was unsuccessful. Demings says more than 50 law
enforcement personnel are searching the Seven Seas Lagoon
for the boy and will keep looking. Demings says there have
been no other recent reports of similar alligator attacks at
the lake.
