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    thetallblonde loves twinjaStassa Edwards
    6/15/16 1:59pm

    IF A SIGN SAYS DON’T DO SOMETHING,

    DO NOT DO THAT THING

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      weebleswobblethetallblonde loves twinja
      6/15/16 2:04pm

      Sticking your feet in water is not swimming.

      No swimming signs usually mean sticky bottoms, dangerous water, nearby boats, fecal contamination, no lifeguard on duty and we don’t want to get sued. Not “if you walk too close you may be killed horribly.” People will assume hanging out along the water’s edge is acceptable behavior unless told otherwise.

      If deadly animals are in the immediate area, you should tell tourists from out of town.

      Man made lakes at major resorts that people boat on should not have monsters in them.

      Alligators can leave the water and attack on dry land.

      If deadly animals are in the immediate area, you should tell tourists from out of town. I repeated that one because it’s painfully obvious but needs to be repeated.

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      ahhhhhhhrrhhhhhhhhhaheethetallblonde loves twinja
      6/15/16 2:05pm

      I thought the child was just standing near the water - not swimming.

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    randilynisFINDILYNStassa Edwards
    6/15/16 2:06pm

    The sad thing is that Florida people know that you just don’t enter a body of water except your own bathtub without taking substantial risk. I wonder if “No Swimming” was an adequate warning? Maybe people think it’s about liability or just a hotel rule? Even wading stirs the water up.

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      thetallblonde loves twinjarandilynisFINDILYN
      6/15/16 2:11pm

      i would imagine the hotel wants to avoid scaring people off with “beware of gators” signs as much as possible.

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      WallflowerrandilynisFINDILYN
      6/15/16 2:13pm

      I thought this was common knowledge, but I am from the south. I've only been to Florida a handful of items but I know to stay the hell away from the water. Maybe being from Nebraska these people did not know that.

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    cappygirlStassa Edwards
    6/15/16 2:10pm

    I’ve never been to Florida, so forgive my ignorance, and can someone please educate me: Why does a resort, especially one that caters to families, have deadly animals in the vicinity? Don’t they have man-made bodies of waters on their property that aren’t connected to the natural lagoons, rivers, etc.? Because it seems to me that the likelihood of an alligator/other creepy crawly encounter might not be the best marketing strategy for the tourism industry.

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      Wallflowercappygirl
      6/15/16 2:17pm

      Even if it’s not connected, nature finds a way. And alligators can and do travel over land. We have manmade lakes all over the place where I live but they’re still full of native wildlife.

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      Marzipan in your Pie Platecappygirl
      6/15/16 2:17pm

      Alligators can travel over land though. They get in people’s swimming pools all the time. I’m sure Disney didn’t put the alligators in the lake.

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    ZabellaStassa Edwards
    6/15/16 2:10pm

    Last I heard there have been 5 alligators pulled from the water, still no sign of the boy. All the radio reports I’m hearing are calling it a “search and recovery” mission now.

    The Grand Floridian is one of the most expensive Disney properties, the family had no reason to suspect they were in danger. Nebraskans know what to do when a tornado is coming, they aren’t taught alligator resistance skills.

    And who knew the lakes all over Disney World were filled with creatures? Real creatures, not the animatronic kind found throughout Disney World.

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      det-devil-ailsZabella
      6/15/16 2:20pm

      The lakes all over Disney World are filled with brain eating amoeba. This is arguably much, much, worse than reptilian predators.

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      DanielleKrilledYourJellyFishZabella
      6/15/16 2:21pm

      It’s in the middle of a swamp...Orlando is a Swamp.

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    schuretteStassa Edwards
    6/15/16 2:00pm

    This poor family :((( I have a two year old boy, and I just cannot even begin to think what they must be going through.

    GAHHH. No really cannot start thinking about it. May he rest in peace :((((

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      CauseAllThisConversatxnschurette
      6/15/16 2:07pm

      As a parent, it’s staggering the amount of thoughts you canNOT think about. Which is why they make signs to help those of us who maybe aren’t thinking everything through. My heart goes out to this parent, if I were him I would... I can’t even think it, it’s too much. Nope.

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      Cstrife16schurette
      6/15/16 2:09pm

      I too have a 2 year old (almost 3 OMG he’s getting so freaking big) and my heart just dropped for his parents after I heard this. There was also a story about a guy taking pictures of kids at a mall play area near me recently.

      Its enough to give you a panic attack.

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    MajesticSeaFlapFlapStassa Edwards
    6/15/16 2:19pm

    I live in FL. If there is a lake - there is an alligator in it.

    Even if there are no signs, please, stay the fuck out of the water.

    Disney is going to lose their ass for not having warning signs though. People from out of town just don’t get how many gators are here, that they are everywhere and that they are sneaky as shit and fast.

    I’ve warned people to keep their pets and their kids out of local lakes - because I’ve seen huge gators in those lakes. Sometimes they listen, sometimes they tell me to fuck off and mind my own business.

    I have 3 boys. I just cannot fucking fathom the pain this family is in right now or the sheer terror that poor baby mush have experienced. (and now I am crying over this in my office. Again. The news has just been so fucking awful here)

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      Jane, you ignorant slut.MajesticSeaFlapFlap
      6/15/16 2:38pm

      I visited Disney a few years ago, and I’m almost positive the hotel I stayed in warned us at check in to stay away from the lake, and to swim only in the pool. I think their words were that gators were unlikely but possible.

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      UKStory135Jane, you ignorant slut.
      6/15/16 3:19pm

      The Grand Floridian told me that 6 months ago when I stayed there. Their pool kicks ass, and has a wading area on one end of it.

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    mscoffeeStassa Edwards
    6/15/16 2:12pm

    Where is Florida’s pause button? Everyone down there needs a break right now I think...

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      Jackie_Jormp_Jompmscoffee
      6/15/16 2:28pm

      We really, really do. Someone better start posting some adorable .gifs ASAP!

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      mscoffeeJackie_Jormp_Jomp
      6/15/16 2:33pm

      Not a gif, but this guy posed his fat grey cat to recreate Pusheen cartoons. It cheered me up immensely today while home sick from work.

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    Bokbunzajoo1Stassa Edwards
    6/15/16 2:00pm

    According to Joss Whedon, Cleveland is the other hellmouth. Which is probably why the republican convention is being held there this year

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      thetallblonde loves twinjaBokbunzajoo1
      6/15/16 2:27pm

      i have to drive through clevelend the day the RNC starts. lord beer me strength.

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      Bokbunzajoo1thetallblonde loves twinja
      6/15/16 2:33pm

      Omg good luck! I guess we can all watch on tv when trump turns into a giant snake and tries to eat everyone at the convention.

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    SpargerStassa Edwards
    6/15/16 2:02pm

    Waiting for inevitable press conference where they state parents are being questioned about holes and inconsistencies in their story.

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      ButIt'sNotFAAAAAIIIIIRSparger
      6/15/16 2:18pm

      I don’t know—the police use the word “diligently” in describing the parents efforts to save their son, they emphasize they were right there and both put forth some degree of effort to struggle with the gator...my impression is they’re trying to dispel the “blame the parents” narrative...

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      SheeshTheseNamesSparger
      6/15/16 2:22pm

      Yeah, the understanding and gentle treatment will dry right up if the parents aren’t white as the driven snow...

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    Pie-pieStassa Edwards
    6/15/16 2:08pm

    My inital thought to the “we are still hopeful” bit this morning was “why the fuck are they leading people on like that?” The kid can’t swim so even if the gator did let go at some point, you’re still not finding him alive a day later. However, it then occurred to me that we should all be giving these police and spokespeople the benefit of the doubt because god damn they have had a horrific week.

    I’ve read now that they are now saying it is just a recovery mission to give the poor parents closure. But to that end they’ve captured and killed 5 gators so far to try and do it.

    Shitty all around.

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      mons top of the worldPie-pie
      6/15/16 2:29pm

      I sent this to my bf this AM for this exact reason. In what world were they hopeful and why would they announce that? This wasn’t a 12 year old who could poke it in the eye, it was a toddler and dad couldn’t get him back. So so heartbreaking.

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      AnnnnnneWPie-pie
      6/15/16 2:33pm

      Gators are like NYC subway rats at this point in FL. They get killed all the time. They used to relocate them when they got too big too near development, but they’re numbers are so high, they kill them and harvest their skin and meat.

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