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Originally Posted by firewalkerb3
Senior Citizen thanks, my wife and I had a Condo for years on Sanibel Island, Caribe. Wish we still had it, I could use a vacation. The attack on the woman was 1 week before we were there. In my career (not as an alligator trapper) I was on 3 attacks 2 were fatal. 1 was a 67 year old woman living in Continental Country Club Sumter County, the other was a 10 year old boy at dead river in Leesburg, the last was a 10 month old baby that the mother had put a life jacket on and lowered his feet into lake Deaton, the gator bit is foot and pulled him from his mother’s arms, that mother (98 lbs soaking wet) beat a 8 + foot gator off her child, he suffered some deep lacerations and cut to his foot. To live with or without alligators debate has been around for some time and not going any were soon. Common senses will go a long ways, back by educating one’s self with research, as you did. The internet is loaded with information; the State of Florida web page offers a lot of information. Stay safe
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WOW. We have not returned to Sanibel Island in many moons, however, we did go there every April or May after our kids outgrew Disney World. After the "cottage" incident where we had to walk through very high grass on a path that led to the Gulf of Mexico beach, and after I really KNEW that there could be alligators lurking in those tall grasses as we saw them with our own eyes in the tall grasses off the beach..........we started renting at the "HIGH TIDE" directly on the beach and Gulf of Mexico. So, no weeds to walk through....no swampy land to cross.
Sanibel was nice and peaceful. Our kids liked canoeing with their dad at the Ding Darling Preserve.
We also liked driving down to Captiva, a skinny barrier island next to Sanibel. The Bubble Room was a great place for lunch. Quirky but great food, at that time, and huge desserts.....like their coconut cake. We'd really go for the Key Lime Pie.
The High Tide was owned by a lady from Cincinnati and it was still fairly new at that time.........anyway, all good memories........
Oh, one funny story........we had our teenaged kids in the back seat and Dad decided to explore the inner part of the barrier island of Sanibel.
We ended up in this "rural" area..........and couldn't find our way out.
An elderly man with a fishing pole was walking down the dirt road.
Hubby asked him, "Could you please direct us how to get out of here?"
"Same way you got in".....and he kept on walking.
Reminded us of the old Vermont natives......that's about what they would say.
I'm sure he didn't approve of the modernization that the causeway brought to his island........and all the condos replacing the old cottages.