Rare Alligator Sighting On Florida Gulf Coast Beach
There was an unusual sight in the water in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday. An alligator was spotted swimming in the salt water off Fort Myers Beach.
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There was an unusual sight in the water in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday. An alligator was spotted swimming in the salt water off Fort Myers Beach.
Customers on a Spirit Airlines flight probably weren't expecting to hear that an alligator was keeping them from getting to their destination.
One Central Florida gator put up quite a fight when being captured in a residential neighborhood.
Some Central Florida residents received quite the surprise when they went into their back yard on Memorial Day.
Authorities reportedly have a description of the carrot throwers and are ready to hand out a $200 fine for each carrot tossed at the dangerous beast.
A group of Florida golfers found quite the hazard on the green. A large alligator and a large Burmese python entangled on the course.
A 12-foot alligator was caught as it strolled on the sands of Vero Beach.
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An alligator was captured off the Jetty rocks at South Point Park in South Beach.
Scott Lahodik narrowly escaped alive after an alligator clamped down on his arm while he was diving for golf balls in a lake.
A motorcyclist was seriously injured when he hit a gator crossing the road.
A ten-year-old girl has quite a tale to tell after she was bitten by a nine-foot gator while swimming in a park's lake over the weekend.
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When you hear noise nearby while riding your bike on a path through the Everglades, it really gets your attention.
A homeless man was bitten by an alligator while swimming in a river.
Dealing with gators is nothing new for Davie Police officers but Wednesday's capture marks their biggest catch yet, they say.
South Florida Water crews got quite a site Thursday.
Two months before an alligator killed a toddler in the Seven Seas Lagoon at Walt Disney World, firefighters at one of the resort's fire stations were warned to stop feeding the gators.
Private family services will be held this week for a two year old boy killed by an alligator at Disney World in Orlando.
Cases of serious and unprovoked alligator bites have grown in Florida along with the state's population.
A young child has been dragged into the water by an alligator near a Disney resort, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Alligators can turn up in mysterious places.
For a second time in the last week or so an alligator has been found with a human body in its mouth.
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