[starflyte1]

It is 3:40 Monday afternoon and the alligator is in "full view" in the pond at the end of Barcelona Dr. (In Hacienda East, near SS)

[Pat_RI]

The one on Bailey heading toward Lake Miona rec center was there throughout today. I was fishing there a few days ago and I thought a big fish hit my lure a few seconds later a nose and two eyeballs appeared behind the lure. Needless to say that ended my day and I ran over to the pond a little further up the road.

[duffysmom]

Please folks, be extremely cautious around these wild animals. When I lived in south Florida there was a story about a female landscaper who was working a few feet from a pond when an alligator burst out of the water and snatched her. They do stalk their prey. Several other landscapers tried to pull her back out of the alligators mouth and eventually they did so but she died of massive infections from the wounds. Alligators can be incredibly fast and sprint short distances so watch from afar.

[cybermuda]

I finally spotted the Palmer ten-footer today :-)

He tried to trick me by coming out on a cloudy morning, rather than a sunny afternoon, but the leads provided by you TOTVers proved more than a match for him.

Now, if he'll just stay put for another two weeks until my brother comes to visit...

[duffysmom]

Originally Posted by cybermuda

I finally spotted the Palmer ten-footer today :-)

He tried to trick me by coming out on a cloudy morning, rather than a sunny afternoon, but the leads provided by you TOTVers proved more than a match for him.

Now, if he'll just stay put for another two weeks until my brother comes to visit...

How did your mother enjoy her visit? So sorry she went through so much trauma on her last visit. Did she ever see an alligator?

[cybermuda]

She had a lovely first visit, thanks (it was my wife's mother who had all of the problems) and threatens to come back again :-)

We held a "Meet the Mum" party on her second evening for 24 of my neighbors, so she was later able to wave to them as we shot past in the cart, or chat to them at the local pool.

Trouble is, we now have to hold a "Meet the Bro" party...

She didn't see any alligators, but the local bobcat stalked past, and she enjoyed watching all of the birds in the preserve

There's a small one on Stillwater Trail across from caroline mail station.He sits on the drainage pipe or sometimes he's in the water!

[somdgirl]

The Riley Grove pond alligator, Freddy, is usually out sunning where he can be seen from the cart path. We saw him on Sunday afternoon.

[cybermuda]

Originally Posted by starflyte1

There is an alligator in the pond at the end of Barcelona Drive, but is not that easy to see. Just swims around with hardly anything showing except his head.

The Barcelona Gator was cruising slowly round his pond yesterday evening - and the ducks were all on the banks glaring at him :-)

[hoseman]

You guys ever seen "Swamp People" and watch them catch gators? Interesting as it's a big ole strong fishing hook.
Guess you can't fish for gators in the Villages?

[mulligan]

Take a look at Lake Miona at all the boats dragging people around on the end of a rope. Trolling for gators ??

[rubicon]

I am afraid of alligators but only four kinds ,big ones and little ones, alive ones and dead ones. One of my nighbors e-mailed us pictures of the incident in southern Florida where the golfer went to retrieve his ball and lost an arm to an alligator trying to do so. I will spare you all the details but they did show how they managed to retrieve the guy's arm from the now dead alligator. He titled the piece "How Much Is a Golf Ball Worth?"

[tony]

I found a very graphic hoax-related site on the web with a simple google search.

The arm was retrieved, but it wasn't a golfer's. It was a snorkeler's.

[starflyte1]

Yes, the gator on Barcelona is visible after going into hiding for a while. It is funny to see all the ducks or whatever, all standing on the shore and each and every one of them looking at the same spot in the water. No need to look for the gator, the ducks find it for you.

[rubicon]

Well thank you for that info Tony. I am going to have to speak with my neighbor. He is coming over nerxt week for a poker game HMMMM now I can I get the most mileage out of this one? For sure I am going to wait before we have the second beer. By the way do I have to submit a 1099 for the $6.00 I won last time we played? I suspect the snorkeler was retrieving balls for the golf course? My brother is a scuba diver who has traveled the world wide in places to dive and ran into some divers pulling balls from ponds on Havanna He was seeing if he could join their team. I reminded him that alligators are smarter than sharks and less discriminating: