About 30 years ago, visiting the Indian Rocks beach area (near Tampa), a woman was walking her dog on a leash, near a body of water. She heard a noise, and when she turned, she was walking an alligator on the leash, as it had just swallowed her dog. This was in the local paper, and several weeks/months later, a chain link fence was installed to try and prevent future incidents.
I was also in Naples, on the opposite side of a ditch filled with water, the gator was sunning itself on the opposite bank. Before I could move the camera from my chest to my eye the gator was off the bank and it the water, I got a picture of 2 beady eyes looking at me. I never imagined they could move so FAST!
I hope our fellow villagers see this, and take heed, I would really hate to hear of a villager or visitor getting bitten.
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Pennsylvania, for 60+ years, most recently, Allentown, now TV. 
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