Massive Alligator Strolls Casually Past Florida Tourists

That's one very big gator!

(Yahoo.com)-Video has emerged of a massive alligator strolling past an awed group of Florida tourists, as if it had not a care in the world.

The gator, spotted at Circle B Bar Reserve in Lakeland, appeared to be about 12 feet long.

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a reply to: Black_Fox

Lol I dont know if thats fake or not...but if its real those dummies outa be puttin a lot more green betweem them...and that!

Just another day in Florida lol...We have a 5'er living in the drainage pond by the shop I work at here in Orlando. Not like we are on the outskirts either it's right off Orange blossom trail and the 528.

a reply to: Black_Fox

That's a big nope!

Between giant snakes and alligators, screw Florida!

It's a good thing that gator wasn't hungry. He could have run down any of those people and chomped 'em. They can outrun a horse.

It's a big 'un.

But there is this to consider.
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a reply to: Phage

video looks a lil fake right ?

a reply to: Phage

I have seen much bigger here. Still, that one is plenty big. Swimming in lakes here in Florida doesn't happen much.

a reply to: Black_Fox

Hah My folks just left yesterday heading to Florida. Dad had me go find a walking stick in case he had to "beat off a gator." I think he may need a bigger stick.

originally posted by: Phage
It's a big 'un.

But there is this to consider.
www.google.com...

That was my first thought, and those folk in the background look quite far away to be honest.

It is a big ole gator though.

Jesus, that thing is YUGE!

Then there are these two...

a reply to: Grimpachi

I have seen much bigger here. Still, that one is plenty big.

If there wasn't so many old people in Florida feeding them , then they wouldn't get so big...

Ah, my home state's wildlife never ceases to amaze. There's bigger gators than that, and they don't even stick to the inland water sources. They've been known to swim intercoastals and lounge on the mainland side of the keys (islands)

Still, it's a good reason (not the top one, but on that list) not to move back to America's Australia. Nope, you folks still there can have the "everything here will eat you/kill you" state all you want.

originally posted by: BlueJacket
a reply to: Black_Fox

Lol I dont know if thats fake or not...but if its real those dummies outa be puttin a lot more green betweem them...and that!

Definitely a dummy suit!

My brother killed one that was 12' 8'' when he was a kid.
That sucker could swallow a small child in one gulp if it wanted to.
This was in a swampy area on the Texas Gulf Coast.
There are some big ones out there.

originally posted by: ThickAsABrick
a reply to: Black_Fox

Hah My folks just left yesterday heading to Florida. Dad had me go find a walking stick in case he had to "beat off a gator." I think he may need a bigger stick.

Yeah it's called a gun

Worlds Biggest

The mammoth beast, which measured 15 feet and 9 inches long and weighed 1,011.5 pounds, was captured last August by five members of the Stokes family in Mill Creek, Al.com reported.

The Stokes alligator has been mounted and put on display at the Montgomery Zoo's Mann Wildlife Learning Museum.

A whole set of luggage in one Gator.

I've seen a 12 footer close up in the Everglades on vacation a few years back. A family that was at the same location let their kids get within a few feet of it and I had to leave and did not want to watch it if he was hungry. It was at a spot people used to launch their fishing boats and they would toss their fish guts in the water there and the Gator was way to comfortable with people as a result.