John Chesnut Sr. Park - Pinellas County
I recall walking around John Chestnut Sr Park in Palm Harbor, FL a dozen or more years ago and saw two older gentlemen sitting on a picnic bench. I approached from in back of it and asked then why they were sitting on the picnic table? They pointed towards a lake within John Chestnut Sr Park which was about 15 feet away from us. Over there was a large alligator that the prior picnic goers had decided to give it some lunch. They left but while heading away the older men approached the picnic table and the large gator came back for some more lunch near the picnic table. And the two Seniors jumped on top of the picnic table while the gator got bored with getting no more lunch and retreated back to the shore to sun itself. Think the two guys had been on top of the picnic table for 30 minutes or so.
They also had a crocodile in Lake Tarpon a decade or so back.
Trappers Catch 11-Foot-Long Crocodile in Lake Tarpon | Palm Harbor, FL Patch
Another Pinellas County park borders Lake Tarpon.
A.L. Anderson Park - Pinellas County