I have lived in this area for over 25 years. Over the years I have experienced a momma bear with her cub in my back yard, two families of fox sit by the woods edge at 4pm every afternoon for weeks, watching their litter romp in the grass in my back yard, A Florida Panther walking down my sidewalk, several racoons climbing the oak tree in my front yard, a young eagle who decided to spent the night inside the screen enclosure on my lanai. And, a 6 foot alligator sleeping in a garden near my front door.
Not once, did I feel threatened or unsafe. They demonstated no hostility and left the area of their own accord within a half hour. I keep my distance and look forward to their visits.
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