Disney puts a ton of effort into making sure their guests have no need or desire to ever leave the property. So instead of people going to the actual beach an hour away, they can hang out at the “beach” at their hotel.
Or maybe they did ask, and they were told something like the water isn’t clean enough for swimming, or a lot of boats use it, or something other than “it’s infested with alligators.”
Signs like this and this are very common in Northern Territory and Queensland.
People still do really dumb things though. Just last month a woman was killed while wading in waist-deep water at about 10:30pm Cindy Waldron feared dead in crocodile attack in far north Queensland - ABC News. May as well have rung the dinner bell.
I was taught by my dad, who worked form any years in Northern Australia as a geologist not to go into the water north of Rockhampton unless it’s a long way inland or on a marked and patrolled beach. Having said that, if I was doing the tourist thing at a Disney facility and not from the area, I probably wouldn’t think about a 'gator unless the water was signposted.
You’re in Florida. You oughta know that water=gators. If you don’t then it is because you are to lazy to have learned that.
I live in Manitoba - a good few thousand miles from the farthest north any gator would think of going and I know that Florida = gators. Just like I know that Arizona = killing heat and tropics = malaria.
I have little sympathy for terminal laziness.
The least Disney could do is offer the family free tickets to Finding Dory.
If you’re in Florida near fresh (non-salt) water, there’s likely an alligator nearby. I grew up there and that’s the best attitude to take.
It’s not like Colorado has signs saying “WARNING: MOUNTAINS MAY CONTAIN HIGH ALTITUDE”; it’s just a part of the area.
And apparently the body was found very close to where he was initially attacked. I guess it is some small solace that he was intact. Still, what a nightmare.
Hmmm…something is starting to not seem right about this. Did the Dad have something to do with it? The police should check the life insurance policies.
Christ you’re a piece of work. Because they didn’t research the dangers present at their expensive, kid oriented resort hotel, which has a beach set up on their manmade lake, they’re lazy? I only hope you find yourself on the wrong end of such “laziness” in the future.
Really? Multiple sets of witnesses saw the gator grab the kid, and because you’re an expert on gator attacks, you think the dad had something to do with it.
This board is unbelievable sometimes. I guess it’s good it took 3 pages for the slime to ooze out.
You don’t need to research Florida + water = gators. Because pretty much anyone knows that Florida + water = gators. Further, inquire about the “No Swimming” sign. There is no answer to that inquiry, when speaking of a man-made body of water in a luxury resort, that isn’t “wildlife” should occaision a secondary inquiry.
I didn’t say they deserved it. I just said that I have as little sympathy for them as I do for someone whose kids runs out into traffic. Tragic? Sure. Grab a fucking brain? Absolutely.
Someone has to ask the tough questions.
Yeah, like:
1)When did this thread reach 3 pages?
2)Just who exactly is the slime he is speaking of?
Enquiring minds want to know.
Jesus, a blind man could see the difference between these two cases.
Well, we now know gorilla vs. kid, the kid will win. Gator vs. kid, the gator will win. So I’m guessing the gator can beat the gorilla.
Yeah, plus there was another minor shooting there recently, wasn’t there?
I dunno. Are we sure the father didn’t “suggest” to his wife a nice wade along the shore?
Really though, I can’t fault the parents. This is Disney. You’re practically bullied into feeling safe. Sure, maybe there’s some guy in Manitoba who would know better, but these are Nebraska yokels. What do they know? And it’s Disney! It must be safe, because it’s Disney! Sure, no swimming, okay, but we’ll just wade. No swimming involved. Those signs must be because there’s no lifeguard. Sure.
Kind of tacky, but the news on the MediaCorp out of Singapore was reporting this story, then immediately segued to “The Happiest Place on Earth” – coverage of the new Disneyland that just opened in Shanghai.
No, for some strange reason Australia reacted to a mass shooting by passing strict gun control laws.
At the very least the dad was negligent. He plopped the kid into a lagoon with No Swimming signs (at night), then fabricated some story about trying to save him. Probably didn’t even notice his kid was missing till he saw him in gator’s mouth.
And the world didn’t end. Huh. Imagine that.
Please cite your source showing that he fabricated trying to save him.
You’re amazing.
This is my opinion. I’m saying that something doesn’t feel right here. This should be investigated further.:dubious:
You seem to be suggesting that the average Manitoban is somehow less yokelish than those found in Nebraska.I am here to tell you that we can hold our own and MORE against any yokels you chose to put us up against 
Now’s that’s funny.
I’m going to hell :o
Thank you, Mr. Monk. But I believe there were plenty of witnesses to the gator incident?