IMO easier to dodge old villager than lightning fast gator.

Oooh...that ones gonna hurt! ;)

Just as outrageous as the other. :)

without any real knowledge of what happened, I'm in agreement with you. I can't see how else the hand would be the target as opposed to a foot or a leg.

They should definitely ban gators from golfing.

The gator was Muslim and was enforcing Sharia law. The man had stolen his fish.... so he cut his hand off.

Sure, let's just go out & kill every known animal that might injure a human even though alligator attacks are extremely rare & usually the fault of the human due to stupidity. Humans are the most dangerous animal on the planet and the earth would be in better shape if humans were eliminated.

It not possible to remove every gator from every pond. Another one will just take its place. And remember, it’s the one you DON’T see is the one you need to worry about.

But their behavior is very predictable. Just be aware and keep yourselves and especially your dogs away from the ponds for everyone’s safety.

It’s happened…at Disney no less. Bottom line: You can fix stupid. It’s public knowledge in Florida. STAY AWAY FROM THE PONDS. We invaded the gators’ 🐊 home. Deal with it.

The Village's Freshwater Fishing Club encourages fishing in the ponds. Just held classes on how to fish the ponds.

WHAT? Off topic. But as long as you brought it up: Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.

Since The Villages is a private community and all ponds , etc are owned by The Villages why is there any issue with eradicating the problem here?? IMHO safety of the humans and DOMESTIC animals living here should be top priority. Not the survival of a cold blooded amphibian creature that attacks when not provoked. Blaming the victim as not having enough sense to be constantly on guard for being attacked while enjoying what should be a relatively safe environment????

Have some empathy ❤️*🩹
 

I dislike victim blaming, as I see in some of the posts here. That’s because people are imperfect and make mistakes, and that’s part of the human condition. This man in Leesburg, we don’t know what he might struggle with and why he chose that activity. Here in The Villages, people are generally quite wary of ponds and other bodies of water, and what they likely contain.

Anyway, I feel for him, wish him well and hope that he will adapt well to his new situation.

Let’s not go overboard here! No don’t kill every alligator in the world to the point of extinction. Let’s get some gray area in here. Not black and white. Let’s just prevent alligators from inhabiting an over 55 retirement community where most folks averaging in their mid 69’s would like to relax and enjoy the idyllic lifestyle advertised and for which they pay without worrying about being eaten by a cold blooded predatory creature or having their companion domesticated pets eaten. Now doesn’t that sound more tempered?

You’re really not listening, are you? If you’re near a pond, with or without “Fluffy”, you’re essentially provoking them. They feed along the water’s edge.