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Police officer rescue a woman who was in a lake in Florida

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 28 Feb

Mount Dora Florida Police Officer Brandon Buzard who was off duty last weekend answered an emergency call when a woman who was pinned underwater between two vessels after an accident in Lake Dora involving two vessels. Officer...

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Police in Florida remove two alligators from a swimming pool

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 30 Jun

Martin County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) deputies Dawn Ferris and Sergeant Crystal Nash along with professional trapper Matt Hines worked together to remove a seven foot alligator from a swimming pool in Jensen Beach Florida on...

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Humorous Story about a Daycare Boy

Kharla Jolly @kobesbuddy (78833) • East Tawas, Michigan 13 Mar 24

Throughout the years, I worked parttime at four different daycare centers. The one I enjoyed most, was called the Monument Road Daycare. Peggy was the owner and I really liked working there. We weren't suppose to have a favorite...

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Alligators Are Keeping Busy

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 5 Sep 22

A seven-foot, 10-inch alligator attacked a 77-year-old woman Saturday. As of today, she is still under medical evaluation. In August a woman was killed in an attack in a gated community in Beaufort County South Carolina. A large...

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Gators Are Your Neighbors?

Diana B. @BloggerDi (3121) • United States 22 Feb 20

I've never been to Florida. I've never really had a reason or opportunity to go there. Friends suggest it as a fabulous vacation destination, but the first thing that comes to my mind is alligators! I've seen the...

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Alligators seen swimming on flooded roads in Florida

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122070) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 18 Aug 19

If there is one deal that amazes me about alligators, it is that they see a flooded street or a swimming pool, they decide that body of water is their home. What makes me laugh is that many witnesses in the Saint Petersburg...

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Alligators....here and there...hotels....backyards....pools....

Jesuslovesme @MsBooklover (3974) • United States 16 Apr 18

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2018/04/03/Alligator-removed-from-Florida-womans-front-yard/2081522760370/ Where I come from the closest you get to an alligator is if someone dumps it in the lake because it was once a pet, and it...

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Day Trip

CaseyL @CaseyRoss9966 (4056) • United States 16 Jul 17

TiarasOceanView posted a discussion on here the other day about taking day trips. I responded to it and talked about how my family and I haven't taken any day trips in a long time. The last one I had made was when I was probably 9...

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Yes This Is Me LOL

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 5 Jul 17

I had this photo taken a few years ago when we were on vacation. It was a park where you could see Manatees... apparently. We never saw even one, but I did see this "pretend" alligator. Now if it wasn't pretend, I wouldn't have...

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They Live Among Us

Jeff Moffitt @moffittjc (128831) • Gainesville, Florida 9 Oct 16

If you live in Florida, or have ever visited the Sunshine state, you undoubtedly are aware that alligators are all over the place, and number in the millions. Once facing declining numbers that were so alarming that the reptile...

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Have You Ever Visited The Everglades in Florida, USA?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 23 Aug 16

The Everglades cover quite a large area of Florida and attract many tourists each year. It’s a very unique landscape and I’ve only been there one time. My husband and youngest son and I actually rode on an air boat through part...

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Alligators in my letterbox

Koalemos @Asylum (47893) • Manchester, England 14 Jul 16

My postman made his usual rounds this afternoon and deposited mail in my letterbox, although this time instead of delivering the usual bills he left a postcard displaying alligators. Alligators were probably the last thing that I...

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Road Trip!

Jeanne Marie @Jeanniemaries (8237) • United States 8 Jul 16

I always love to take little road trips and get away for a bit. Today I drove up to Homosassa Springs and took a boat ride. It's a twenty five minute ride from the entrance, downriver to the park on a pontoon boat. I rode...

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Disney Was Warned of Problems With Gators

angel_smiles @Lolaze (5092) • St. Louis, Missouri 17 Jun 16

A report is coming out now that Disney's Seven Seas Lagoon, where a toddler was snatched and killed by an alligator earlier this week, ignored a report that the alligators were dangerous in order to keep its clientele happy. A...

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Disney and Alligators

Jeff Moffitt @moffittjc (128831) • Gainesville, Florida 17 Jun 16

I was quite surprised, and quite saddened by the news of the death of the little 2-year old boy from Nebraska at Disney World this week, who was tragically drowned by an alligator in the Seven Seas Lagoon in front of the Magic...

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Alligator killing young child at Disney World

bostonphil @bostonphil (4459) • United States 16 Jun 16

I am certain that most mylotters have heard of the terrible tragedy that occurred at a Walt Disney Resort in Orlando. What a terrible thing to happen. I think Disney is facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit and I do believe they...

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Orlando: a happy place with a heavy heart

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (44560) • United States 15 Jun 16

Our children and two of their kids are in Orlando, Florida this week at Universal Studios. Our daughter said there's such a sadness after the tragedies there. They (along with all of us) have cried over the drowning of that...

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Are Alligators Getting More Aggressive? Man Eating Alligators Spotted.

Jo Ann @akalinus (44366) • United States 8 Jun 16

There have been two cases of alligators eating human bodies lately. One in Lakeland happened today. They don't know the identities or the cause of death. They are asking if alligators are getting more aggressive and looking to...

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Killer Karaoke

NailTech @NailTech (6874) • United States 14 Dec 12

My brother hates all those music competition shows but is watching that goofy show Killer Karaoke. Figures. I watched it once and that was all I could take of it, too stupid. For people quite younger in the mind I...

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Floods in Queensland, Australia, as high as 9 metres!

ahgong @ahgong (10064) • Singapore 5 Feb 09

Just saw in the news. Australia, Queensland is experiencing floods. Waters are as high as 9 meters as river embankments are overflowing, sending waters rising in many areas of Queensland! Many river embankments have broken,...

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