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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter
I too live near LSL, there are gators all around. Seen at Palmer golf course and in the lake. Are you concerned about these , fearful they might visit your home? I don’t?
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I saw the guy pictured below last March on my way home from swimming laps at Laurel Manor, just before reaching Morse Blvd., going east on the MMP that parallels 466 on the north and Laurel and Riley (Palmer) on the south. It was just about dark so the picture doesn’t do the gator justice. It was where all the S turns are in the path, when I came around a turn I saw something very large in the middle of the path. Thinking what I saw was a large palm frond, I continued driving, swerving to go around it. Once I was right on top of it, I realized it was the largest gator I have seen, probably 12 - 14 feet long and very large, kind of fat. As I drove around him, he swung around and snapped at my golf cart, his jaw bounced off my rear passenger side tire. It was a very cool experience, my heart was racing. Once safely past him, I pulled over and grabbed my phone hoping to get a picture. He went under the fence and was heading toward Lake Sumter when I got the photo.