A fisherman was attacked and killed by a 12 foot long alligator in a park on the lake the other day. It wasn't anybody I knew, although it’s probably someone I might recognize. We bike to the park adjacent to the one he died at. The one we go to has a high, concrete boardwalk to protect one from the creatures of the deep. There are often fishermen and women on the boardwalk.
The park he was at was a new one. It is right on the water, just the grass and the water. I don’t understand why he would fish there? But apparently he did almost every night. I wonder if he fished for relaxation, or for food? Many of the people who fish in this lake are poor folks. Honestly, that's one heavily polluted lake. I wouldn't eat a fish from that body of water, but then again I don't have to. Right?
There are so many alligators in Florida, and they can be terrifying. No one swims in the lakes. People are urged not to walk their dog, or let their children play around the holding pond in their developments. If you see a body of water, you can assume it has alligators.
It sounds like he was holding up his “catch” trying to take a picture of it when the gator jumped out of the water and attacked. That dangling fish must have seemed like an invitation to the alligator? So sad.
The authorities claim they caught and killed the "killer." But I doubt it. Alligators drag their kills into the water and let them rot a little before they eat them. The wildlife experts were having trouble getting to the body because there were so many alligators underwater. How could they possibly know which one killed him?
I think the alligator was simply being an alligator in an area that has been overdeveloped ridiculously close to the wildlife.
When an alligator lives near your home.
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So, whadayathink?