Just wanna thank all ya'll for the love AND the hate!! But mostly for all the stories you guys have left of your own encounters! Hilarious and terrifying!
Pro tip for anyone new down here: if you see a body of fresh water, assume that there is at least one decent sized alligator in it, and you probably won’t see it in time
@@Xainfinen you’re right, we’re not…because we have GATORS…not crocs lol. And there definitely are some crazy fucks all throughout the south that wrestle gators…australia is wild but so is the florida everglades. 20ft pythons and more invasive species than native species in south florida.
Considering all the stories I've seen about gator attacks in Florida, I would not consider it to be overly-cautious to simply never go into an open body of water in Florida.
I've never had a problem fishing around gators and I fish out on alagator ally during the spring and summer time . I have seen 12 to 15 footers out there but as long as you keep an eye out for them and don't harass then you will be ok . Was at a park in coral springs fishing and a gator was off to my left by the walking bridge about 15 feet from me when these kids syarted throwing rocks at it . I told them not to do it but they ignored me and came down by men then one hit it ij the head with a rock and it came running right past me chasing the kids who ran all over the place . It then turned around and walked right pass me then swam out into the lake . I told the kids next time you throw rocks at a gator they just might catch you . I can't stand stupid people who do stupid things like that
Born and raised in Florida, lived her for 31 years and our beaches lakes and springs are absolutely amazing. My dads first lesson he taught me was never be the first one to jump in.
I’ve lived in Florida for 25 years. When I was young I swam across a fairly thick river with my brothers to get to a tree swing. I’ll never forget once we swam back and started walking through the woods we looked back over into the river and saw multiple 6 footers not far from where we had just swam. I’m honestly amazed I’m still here. Good god 10k likes!? Thank you so much for my most liked comment!
They don’t really bother anyone in the day so I’m not surprised. I’ve swam with some in sight at the Everglades Holiday Park and they go on about themselves.
She seems really content on letting her friends know that she literally shit herself and making sure everybody knows she’s not just using the terminology 🤣
As someone who’s recently moved to Florida, the best tip I can pass to others is: assume all bodies of water have something dangerous. Even the ones that flow behind some houses.
When I was young and foolish. A buddy and I swam across a very large canal to hunt for shruums in a cow field. We jumped on a culvert that size on the far shore, chasing big fish out of it. Explored the field, came back and we're looking at tracks in the mud before the needed swim back across the canal. Saw a 6 inch gator track We figure that's a 5 footer. My buddy is talking all bravado. Then we see a larger track. A track that wasn't there when we first crossed the canal, as in less than five minutes ago. Putting my large hand in the very deep track there was still about 6 to 8 inches. Now we are thinking about a 14 foot or larger gator. Suddenly, that dark water that we had no choice but to swim, looked very different!
I've caught a gar with a plastic hook actually :D it was about 3.5 to 4 foot long and it was breaking my lines all day. It was therapeutic to finally catch it lol. Didn't even know what was doing it but turns out it was a gar. It was right by the docks too.
The guy was baiting the gator, thats what the gator was after. It didnt stalk or even notice the humans. i lived in the area and baited many gators, they will not even notice humans about to step on them(1st hand exp)
I was on a middle school canoe field trip at a state park in FL. Our canoe tipped over in an area too deep to touch bottom. When I was trying to get back in, thankfully, I felt an underwater tree or log of some kind that I was able to push off of and boost myself back into our little boat. As soon as I got into the canoe. immediately, came up a VERY large gator. It wasnt a log I stepped on… it was he or she. 😳 The gator looked at us and sank back down. I still get the heebie jeebies thinking about it. I like to think he was just a benevolent gator, lending a helping hand… but I know I was just dang lucky.
thats genuinely insane you easily couldve been grabbed by that same leg/foot you pushed off of it with and drug to the depths. Glad you were fortunate enough to only get a good story out of the ordeal!
Apparently they're not from the Everglades like many of us Floridians. The fact that you're shocked at a gator sitting here looking at you means you need to be better aware of your surroundings.
Maybe the women in the video are from out of state visiting whoever the fisher is? Cause he certainly isn’t phased - he casts out another line from the exact same spot near the end of the video.
I’m born and raised in Florida and still to this day every time I drive past a lake/pond I look for gators and I always find one just chilling on the edge of the water or floating on top. It’s unsettling when I see people swimming or tubing in the lakes. Just a few months ago near my house a guy got mauled to death by gators by retreating his frisbee that landed in the lake.
I used to live in Florida working for Gatorland. I remember all my coworkers telling me, if there’s a body of water larger than a puddle, there’s probably a gator in it. Love these dinosaurs.
Not gonna lie Jess, and I think I speak for most people out there, you are the most sincere person I have ever heard saying they shit their pants. You came in two times just to make sure everyone knew, and for that we salute you.
He was so still. He raised his head when he noticed you guys seen him and started backing up. Not only should you be afraid of the fact you found him. You should be afraid of the fact he already saw you and was waiting for you to get closer. You were literally being hunted.
@@mgray1609Literally, stop saying literally, you literally don’t need to say literally because we speak literalistic unless of course it’s figuratively speaking.
Gator was in hunt mode stalking yall. You can see her swimming up to yall in the beginning. Lol tourists are usually on the lunch menu. She came up like damn they spotted me. What a smart girl 🐊💕
Unfortunately natural selection didn't get them. That was a young one and there habitat is getting destroyed sooo. I don't get why you would get closer to the water knowing he's trying to get a gader.
I was alone in my 12 foot boat traversing the 100 miles of the Wilderness Waterway in Everglades National Park when I saw the most massive alligator I’ve ever seen in the 50 years that I’ve lived in Fla. It was like some dinosaur from the distant past. I was crossing Chevelier Bay on my way to Possum Key where I planned to camp when I saw the beast swimming not 25 yards from my boat. It was considerably larger than my boat. I’d estimate it to have been 18 feet and over 1,000 pounds. It was quite a reptile.
That would be the biggest gator ever. Possible but more likely 13 or 14 ft which is massive. If it was 18 ft it would most likely be a salt water croc.
That’s a pretty wild claim. The biggest gator on record was 19 feet so if it was around that size it’d have potential to be the largest alligator ever discovered.
@@deanmarten Well you'd know better than the person who was there wouldn't ya.. Why is it so hard for you to believe that someone saw an exceptionally large animal? I went to HS with someone who was almost 8 feet tall. Wanna call bullshit on that too?
I collect surface water samples here in FL and when I come across a gator, they will usually slip beneath the surface or just swim away, unless its a young juvenile, then sometimes they will hang around out of curiosity and watch me work. This one looks to have no fear of humans. Nice vid.
I've been wanting to move to Florida, from Calif, but am afraid of Alligators. We have bears, mountain lions, etc, and they sometimes attack humans, but not that often.
I'm from the UK and live near the New Forest, a national park where ponies, donkeys, sheep and pigs etc roam freely and cars often have to stop to let them cross the road. One of my fondest memories of Florida was seeing cars stop to let LITERAL DINOSAURS cross the road, was such a cool experience for me.
Im from the north and remember going to the newforest and being hyped by seeing all the roaming animals. We just get the occasional frog by us or maybe a fox
I moved to Florida when I was 16 from NC, met a group of dudes who smoked weed on a little island hideout where you had to cross a river, my dumbass followed them across, spotted a gator and said “guys that’s a fuckin’ gator” and they looked at me and said “Yeah there were like 50 of them that you didn’t point out on the way across”. Never hung out with those guys again.
I live in Florida and there is a large freshwater reservoir near my home where I have lived all my life. At the park where the body of water is located there is also a disk golf course that is quite popular. I don't play disk golf but I like to ride my bike on the trail that loops around the lake. One day I was riding by one of the early holes on the course, one in which many people lose their disks due to the design of the course. There were two men waist deep on the water probing the bottom with their feet in a attempt to recover the disks they lost. I almost didn't say anything but decided they may have been from out of state and didn't know any better. I told them that I wouldn't advise that as there are several large alligators 9 foot plus that I have seen in the last few months near where they were wading around. I was assured that it was fine, they knew what they were doing and to mind my own business. I said ok, and finished my ride and went back home. A few days later there was a article in the news paper about a man that had been seriously injured in a alligator attack at the same park. Not only that but the article said that the guy was bit once sustained a minor injury then decided to go back in again, at which point he received a more serious injury which required hospitalization. True story, I am a Florida native and won't go in lakes at all I would advise that you don't either!
That was tank lol. A homeless man who collects disc for the disc store in st Pete. I'm assuming you're talking about Taylor Park right? I've seen some big boys over there. He's lucky he didn't run into the mom or dad. I believe the gator bit him in his face.
One year I was in Louisiana for a summer vacation with my dad. Seeing all the sights he saw when he was younger. It started to rain and the family we were staying with let me borrow an umbrella to go for a walk. I found an old train car flatbed that had been set across a canal to let farmers onto the field so I figures I'd step out onto it out of curiosity. I knocked a few small pebbles into the water and instantly there were bubbles. A moment later a gator surfaced, looked at me for a moment, took in a deep breath and submerged back into the muddy canal. It was the color of a McDonald's iced coffee. Or milky hot chocolate. You couldn't see through it to save your life. Needless to say I stayed the F away from all bodies of water in that state unless otherwise stated that it was safe water. Even then my eyes were peeled.
FL or not, situational awareness and critical thinking will keep you out of alot of trouble being an oblivious dumbass will get you in big trouble/6feet under. example... a woman almost died from a water moccasin (sp?) bite, because she decided to jump in a pond without paying attention... (to people or looking around), she got bit and was VERY lucky a fish and game fellow was able to get her help... her husband was screaming about killing the snake for trying to murder her on and on.. its a wild f-ing animal.. and she swam within 2 feet of the pads it was sunning on and hunting fish from.... (they are fun to watch and dont generally approach humans...generally...but she got close enough it saw a threat so.. yeah..), also seen a few times people nearly got mauled by bears by... not paying attention... mind you, these bears are... more like big dogs in how they act most of the time..but around huckleberry season is also when they tend to have cubs, if you want to pick berries, you need to pay attention and avoid bears, even some mother bears wont show aggression unless they think your a threat to them/the cubs, but some will charge at sight of a person too close, again thankfully enlarge, they dont attack people..and will move away if humans get loud and move alot, but theres always that one idiot you see who damn near get themselves killed at least once if not several times in a single season... genuine "whats wrong with your brain?/do you even brain? type stuff... one gal ran for over a mile after the bear stopped chasing(pretty fast, it sat down and just looked at her dust trail like 'hot damn, that one could move' and went back to eating berries... her husband went after her on foot... came back having passed more then one mile marker... and... i heard him lecture her about watching for and avoiding bears, the idiot woman pretended to listen/pay attention/understand and... clearly had not at all... or was just that dumb-stupid... could be either honestly... i saw that more then a few times in my youth..im sure its gotten worse... people seem to lack the skills needed to survive in the real workd these days even mroe then the 80-90's when i was a kid/youth... and some people i grew up with... couldnt make easymac without f-ing it up...
Louisiana here: Had one in a kiddie pool we had outside for my dog in the summer many years ago. Lil bastards will hunt down top water lures like it’s gator crack Always keep a Gator Bonkin’ stick in the boat as hitting them in the head with a stick hard enough is the only thing to make them get the message.
Back a year before Katrina, my brother told me when he lived in FL, he went in this deep swamp area fishing with a buddy while drinking beer, and ended up pulling the canoe through multiple areas of shallow swamp. Night fell, and they continued to fish and drink. Then they started noticing things glowing just above the water using their flash lights. First a couple then the whole damn area lit up like a city, nothing but glowing eyes at surface of water. I kid you not. Some over a foot apart. They somehow canoed back very sober.
Swamp at night in Florida? Absofuckinglutelynot. Those eyes could've been fucking spider eyes at that point too. Nope. No thank you. I've spent my nickel in Florida, I'm not going back!
@@kevinburns8473 wow bro I been here a year and I didn't know at night was so bad in the swamps...thankfully I'm in Broward county and haven't been to the swamps yet
@@daveedsdreads1265 gators can jump up three feet from the water and they can run up to 30 miles an hour on land for short bursts. People ain't graceful. It didn't get them because it didn't want them, simple as
Now I know why I saw no fish swimming in that pool. I'm from Pennsylvania where thankfully we don't have any gators up here, but traveled to Florida a couple of months ago and I've heard a long time ago always assume that any body of water in Florida no matter how small has gators lurking below the surface.
It's a good rule of thumb. Have actually found a baby gator in a puddle after a heavy rain before. Sadly phone was dead (family dropped it) at the time so no pictures. Left it alone because momma gator was not far
And remember everyone….they can quickly get out of the water and run after you on dry land too. So don’t think you’re safe just because you’re out of the water.
Would be an extremely unusual circumstamce for them to chase large prey outside of water. If you see a gator running it is to get into a body of water as fast as possible.
@@jichaelmorgan3796 naw not really. There incredibly territorial. And if it's a mother around her babies she will absolutely come out of water to charge Anything that intrudes.
wow…i saw that gator like 8 seconds before she reacted….i was surprised how surprised she got because i thought she knew she was filming the gator the whole time….after rewatching the video i see on the side on the video one of the girls was sitting down dangling her legs off the bank….and that gator was just getting ready to make his move
@@BhavikPatel1710 If you look to the left of the screen, on top of the pipe, you’ll get a quick glimpse of the side of her thigh. Its around the 0:27-0:28 mark.
My family has property in the swamps of SW Mississippi. I remember fishing behind the camp and regularly seeing alligators. As teenagers, we thought it was fun to feed them food scraps. This went on for many years and the gators started associating our presence with food. It got to the point that when we fished, they would grab the fish from the line. If we did manage to reel the fish in quick enough, the alligators would give chase and stop at the water's edge, which was a few feet from where we stood. They had zero fear of people and became so brazen that we had to start whacking them on the head with our fishing poles to make them retreat At the time, they were 3-5 ft. When those same alligators grew beyond 7-8 ft and started building nests on the banks near our fishing spot, we finally took notice of the potential danger. Most of us had children of our own and stopped fishing there altogether. My grandfather peddled fish on the side and continued to do so after he retired. I'd go with him to run his lines. We always knew which gators we fed because they would linger around the boat, waiting for us to toss them a small fish. Looking back, if this had been public land, we'd have done an injustice to the alligators by taking away their fear of people and they most likely would've been killed. As much fun and entertaining as it was, I wish we would have left them alone.
You know what's really scary? If you know where to look you can actually see the gator at about 0:05 seconds in. It's actually not staring at the girls/camera at all, but at the guy fishing, then turns its head to look over at the camera and then reposition for optimal striking distance. You can see the slightly paler outline of its mouth as it moves its head. Opportunistic predator in action.
When I was 11 I lived on Fallon in palmbay with a dam behind my house that I'd imagine reached atleast 30ft deep at times with a fuckload of gators and gar in it. On a particular day my mom went to work and told me to stay away from the dam. Ofcoarse I grabbed my rod and headed there as soon as she left. I was the only soul back there. I was standing at the top of a very steep hill (almost verticle) along the bank trying to hook some gar. There was bout a 10 foot gator lounging in the water right in the middle of the damn where I was fishing. Suddenly I lost my footing & slipped down the hill into the water. My rod disappeared, I couldn't swim & and the ground was nowhere to be found with my feet. The first thing I did was look back and didn't see the gator anymore. The wall was too steep and muddy to climb out so I grabbed a root and it came out right in my hand. That was the worst feeling in the world. I thought I was a goner for sure. Right as I began to scream for help this older rebel who people looked down upon named TJ came out of nowhere, extended his arm and yanked me out of there. Every time I've revisited this memory I wondered how the hell he even did that. The hill had to be 8 to 10 feet high from the water. And where the hell did he come from right on time? Heaven sent. It just wasn't my time yet.
@@Scooterbeerrun Jesus the fact that you can't tell an onvious joke from serious statements is indicative of your stupidity. How's it feel to live with a stick up your ass everyday of your life? I can't imagine being that stuckup and serious.
This is one of the many things my friends didn’t understand when I moved from Florida to Colorado, they’d wanna jump in a random lake and I’d be pretty unsure about it. They didn’t know why until I explained that in Florida unknown bodies of water are crawling with gators and your unlikely to escape scar free if your stupid enough to jump in. They also thought it was so weird when I was talking about how we couldn’t shower or use the sinks during storms because my mom was scared we were gonna get shocked. What a odd little place Florida is, miss it down there.
@@behemothfan1990 I think it was because of electricity in the storm or something? Might somehow get in the piping or some weird shit and electrocute them. At least that's what it seems like they were afraid of.
@@behemothfan1990 we used a well, so during the lighting storms if we turned on a shower and lightening struck close by the water could become electrocuted.
@ja hh That is not a myth. Look it up if you're unsure. Lightning can easily travel through pluming. Also lightning hitting bodies of water where the lightning discharges on the surface of the water and lightning striking a water pipe or nearby ground are concepts that don't relate.
Seems like an improper grounding issue. Rain and thunder and lightning storms happen everywhere and that should not happen if your house and everything is properly grounded. I live in central Illinois and we get plenty of bad storms and I have showered and run the dishwasher and other appliances many times and never a problem.
About 15 years ago I jumped into a lake and at the last second saw an alligator float by about 5 feet away. By some miracle I was able to contort by body mid jump and landed closer to the edge of the water and ran back to our campsite as soon as my feet were able to touch ground . Haven’t been to the lake since.
About two seconds ago, I had to teach somebody that gators aren’t going to just randomly eat anything in the water- you were fine, but understandably scared. Everyone here saying to not even touch bodies of water in FL: there is LITERALLY a 1:3,100,000 chance of being attacked.
I was bass fishing off the bank in South Carolina and had a gator take my bass from me as I was about to land it. Then proceeded to slowly eat it in front of me. It was a big bass. Gators will eat your fish and bite your lures. Don't be surprised when they watch you fish. They are incredibly smart
@@johnprice.2727 ooh yeah oh my god I just saw that part you mentioned. It was making a big turn towards the girls and yet no one noticed it including me. 😣 Chills!! 😱
My family has lived in Florida for centuries, particularly South Florida. My dad always says “Anything the size of a swimming pool, assume it has a gator,” which is often even true for pools. Really, he just meant that they could be anywhere, which is true. No reason to get surprised by them!
It's amazing that they seem to be able to keep them out of Disney World. I'm guessing it's a lot of bigger vigilance with the fencing and a lot of monitoring inside.
I like to think the gator had no real intention on attacking them, but wanted to show off its stealth. Almost a way of instilling some humility in them. Like "I could've ended you, remember whose territory this is"
My grandparents own a lake home in Panama City. Once When I was 11 I decided to go swimming in their lake. We were all fishing and swimming and having a great time and after awhile it was time to go in because they always told me to never swim when the sun starts to set because of gators. It was time to get out and everyone went in and I didn’t follow. I was in my own world, snorkeling and being a kid. 40min goes by and I hear screaming and yelling to get out of the water. My whole family was on the dock signaling me to get out because their was a 6ft gator about 10ft from me just watching me. When I started to swim to the dock the gator went down into the water to come after me. My dad went on the other side of the dock to start hitting the water and the gator floated back up to the surface. I was able to get out of the water safely. A dog from the house next to us heard all the commotion and must of saw the gator and started barking on the neighbors dock and the gator slowly started swimming over to the dog. I’ll never forget that day and any chance my dad gets he shares the story how I almost died. It’s one of those life moments that sticks with you and makes you realize how lucky you are to be alive. I’ll never forget it.
@@staRRk-ot6di you didn’t LISTEN when you was 11? You was dumb at 11?? Your brain couldn’t comprehend when someone tells you not to do something cause it’s dangerous at 11? Lol dam
I’d love to do a long term experiment were a pole with a metal spikes is disguised as a small dog or child and locked in place at the waters edge, then the crocs that bite it will think twice. The purpose is to classically condition them to connect people and small animals at the edge of the water as danger. At the very least the crocs that disregard the danger won’t be dangerous for long. On a deeper look this experiment would effect the offspring and generations later they would be very conditioned to avoid hunting in those areas. Do this in Florida
I'm not sure he did sneak up though. They never show the place he's at until right before they notice him, and he's obvious rught when they pan over his location. He could've been sitting there the whole time.
@@invictuz4803 at 0:07, you definitely can see the gator start to come up right before they zoom. Bottom left side of the frame. Blink and you'll miss it though
What a highly tuned killing machine..honestly it was able to get within striking distance without even being noticed. If they hadnt been on those culverts the gator def could of gotten them. What I find cool too is as soon as the gator knows its been spotted he blatently makes his presence known as if to say.."come back again and ill be waiting, this is my lake."
I used to clam in Mosquito Lagoon back in the 80's. One day after clamming a couple hours went to the boat and got in and had lunch. Boat was in 3 1/2 feet of water. Decided I'd had enough clamming for the day. As I went to pull in the anchor a 10' gator swam out from under my boat. I figured he swam under there and was waiting for me to jump back in. Never underestimate a hungry gator.
@P J lmfao you're a pure moron. Go say that bs somewhere else. You never even see 18ft gators. Even 15-16 isn't common. Now go play that kid shit somewhere else
He’s just waiting…my grandparents lived in Naples for 25 years. Every year we’d visit from Boston, grandfather said to my brothers and I: 1) red then yellow kills a fellow 2) if it goes silent and birds fly away, drop the fishing poles and run 3) don’t go to the edge of the pond to reel in the bass, lift them out of the water and drag them to you. 4) if you see a snake with its mouth open, it isn’t a hognose 5) swim in the pool, or watch the Red Sox game much safer
@@mikelindellspillow2609 It's for snakes : If the color red is next to yellow on the snake, it's poisonous. "If Red touches Yellow, you're a dead fellow. If Red touches Black, you're OK, Jack"!! :)
@@mikelindellspillow2609 the difference between a coral snake and a king snake the coral snake is poisonous and the king snake mimics it's colors. If the red and yellow bands on the snakes skin are next to each other stay away.
I was visiting my mom in Florala Alabama on the border with Florida and we took the kids down to the state park where people were bbq'ing and swimming, so I went in with the kids and while I was wading notice a cute 3' long baby gator. At first I was just doing that enjoying nature thing then my brain kicked in. Out of the lake kids quickly! If there's a baby there is a momma somewhere.
They blend in so well down there. Perfect ambush predator. Always assume there's at least 1 gator in every body of water that'd love for you or your dog to be a snack
Videos like these tend to make me appreciate my peaceful life in Finland more and more 😅 Biggest things we have in water are pikes and they won't kill you. I've heard of them biting someone but that's usually pretty small thing in the end. Also we don't have too much poisonous animals and earthquakes or hurricanes etc. so yeah, the long winter doesn't sound too bad after all 😂
@@Taanneli same here in the south of germany. we have nice summers, mild winters and the most/only real "dangerous" animal is the tick. Again and again I realize how blessed I am to be born in such a safe environment
In Florida where I’m from, there’s a river that runs into the intercoastal. We go kayak fishing in there, but there are beware gator signs. One day my kayak had a hole in it. I didn’t realize until I was in the middle of this river and it started wobbling uncontrollable as it slowly filled with water. I will never forget the panic I felt swimming from the middle of this river with my kayak to the edge. I made it back no issues, but the fear I felt for 5 minutes was the most intense of my life.
Hearing her say she shit herself reminds me of an old joke involving sharks. Young shark asks Dad why they make circles around humans before they attack them. Dad replies “Simple, it’s because they taste better when they aren’t full of shit “ 😂😂😂
Had something almost identical happen to me in the Everglades 4 years ago over Christmas. Was looking at a gator and a herron sitting on the same log and next thing you know there’s one right near the bank almost completely camouflaged. They’re sneaky creatures
Not even just Niles, but crocs all together are way more aggressive and methodical in their ambush. Even Cayman are more aggressive than the American alligator.
@@krazyjnva2up2down55 exactly. That's at least an 8ft gator, more than capable of snatching their asses off that drain pipe. Not exactly maneater size but most likely wouldn't escape it without some serious injuries.
Wow, I want to move to Florida, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, etc, it doesn't matter really, but am afraid of gators. According to your remarks, you've seen enough of them, and probably had some close calls. And I hear horror stories, and so no way I'm moving to Florida. I'll stay in Calif with bears, mountain lions, at least I might see them coming.
@@Miami1991 Uh okay, you know both Republicans and Democrats at the end of the day are AMERICAN and thus are allies in some shape or form. There is no US or THEM simply American ✨
My grandfather flew me down to Florida to visit him and my grandma from Michigan and took me on a canoe trip in gator infested rivers. Taught me to stay calm, keep your self in the boat at all times and everything would be fine. He was right. They swam beneath us, they watched us from the embankments and I saw a 15+ ft gator sitting in the sun, biggest one I've seen even to this day. Got to see baby gators too, they'd have their heads out of water in thick brush and said something to my grandpa and he said, "Gonna get away from here then, momma isn't far." Grateful my grandpa instilled a sense of wonder and adventure in me at such a young age before technology took over the brains of today's youth.
Im a Floridian and caught chills at the fact that before she zoomed in on the fishing line, nothing was there. When she zoomed back out, a underwater death stare.
@@capecoraljade yeah...... I'm not sure about that "safe" part mainly because the gator saw you before you saw it, but I'm glad you're not hurt and are okay.
When I was in junior high school I would visit my grandmother in South Florida. I used to fish right on the bank of the freshwater canals near her home. One day I'm fishing on the bank when I just had a sixth sense. I look down and about two feet to my right, its head barely visible through the weeds within inches of the bank, was a huge alligator. I jumped back instantly and sprinted out of there. It left an impression.
When I walk my dogs I NEVER go closer then five big steps from the retention pond. Most of the time I’m much further away way up the embankment. I’ve watched it from afar dive like a submarine only to surface ten yards away looking straight at my dog and slowly coming towards us. Amazing creatures. So silent, so deadly.
true, but apparently only in a straight line... they have to stop if they want to turn, so if it doesn't catch you off guard first, try running in a zigzag.
@@davidaguirre9125 It's not true. I'm a Florida native and a nature lover. A lion for instance runs between 45-50mph in short bursts and you've never seen a crocodilian move that fast outside of the movies. But don't get it twisted, they can be surprisingly quick but not 40mph quick. The larger they are, the slower they are on land. They are ambush predators. So they are not built for land-based chases. But they can explode out of the water with astonishing speed but not to chase you down.
That was my childhood growing up in Lakeland FL. Not everyday, but fishing the 100 year old phosphate pits within walking distance it wasn’t unexpected to see or hear a rattlesnake on the walk through the woods, have a giant alligator pop up while fishing or encounter the most prehistoric looking snapping turtle. I’m surprised that I and 6 or 7 of my friends are still alive. (Wouldn’t change a day of it. The bass and speck fishing was great)
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@@josephhall2546 God, I forgot about the eyes at night. I got to experience that down near Everglade City camping out. Scary stuff when all you have to defend yourself is a paddle and a bait caster.
The way he just gradually comes into apperance as he rises to the surface is so smooth, that gator popped up like a ninja! It's no wonder animals in different parts of the world like Gazelle's drinking at a pond don't see them coming and fall victim to these kings of camouflage! They are certainly pretty cool animals
Went to visit my aunt once. Figured I’d seen about everything growing up in the woods in Oklahoma. That was until my aunt just casually hopped over a small (maybe 3 feet long) alligator on the running path one morning as we were jogging along. I noped. Not jumping over an alligator 🐊 she just laughed and kept going.
There are gators in a very small portion of OK too. Just be aware of your surroundings, be smart, and don’t mess with them. They are almost always more afraid of you than you are of them.
"She hopped right on over a gator, straight Mario that bitch" or "I walked right past 3 different gangs on my way to work today". We all become accustomed to ignoring the dangers around us in our daily lives.
My friends circumnavigated Australia, in an extreme wild island inlet in far north Western Australia 🇦🇺 ,a big salt water crocodile 🐊 waited 30 feet behind the yatch for 2 weeks 😳!! Super cunning predators, years later a young female backpacker was killed there!! 😢😮
Haha the fact that Dino 🦖 was already looking at them for 5 seconds on the left without them realizing it was extremely cool and terrifying at the same time, those creatures can just sneak up on you, they blend in so well the those surroundings Haha she said gators where did you go……. Um I think it was already scoping you out for a bit🤣
I live in Southern California. About 25 years ago pet shops were selling baby American alligators for $50, giant snakeheads for $7, and red belly piranha for $5… I’ve seen all 3 in our waters.
My coworker lost his alligator here in SoCal lol it ended up being in his neighbors pool!!!! They came and took it away, obv he didn’t say it was his at that point. Lol so whoever has pools.. always check before you get in no matter where you live ! You might have a dumbass neighbor lol
Idk how to explain it. but somehow this was eerily interesting to watch. It’s like nature in perfect harmony-the Gator doesn’t know how feared it is it just knows that if it sits still long enough it will get fed lol
Oregon dude here, I spent a week road tripping the back roads and bush in Florida in 1990. This is as real as it gets, those gators are no joke, good video, thanks for the memories!
Just wanna thank all ya'll for the love AND the hate!! But mostly for all the stories you guys have left of your own encounters! Hilarious and terrifying!
The girls were hilarious, glad you made it out alive lol
I don't see anything
The only ones playin was the people.....i guarantee you that alligator wasn't playin.
He was sizing you up whether he could take you or not
Very cool eye opener lol.. what a rush!!!!!!
Was that staged?
Pro tip for anyone new down here: if you see a body of fresh water, assume that there is at least one decent sized alligator in it, and you probably won’t see it in time
ESPECIALLY in the Everglades. That is literally their territory.
Just because theyre lazy doesnt mean you wanna swim next to one
I've never been to Florida, but I've just always assumed that every body of water down there probably has a gator hidden in it.
@@Kjklump no but many will. And even if there isnt one, theres always the rumors.
Fact, I do that for any big amount of water in Florida 🤣
Woman “watch me fall in”
Gator “watch me catch you” 😂
Lol
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Gator: She finna get caught in my jaws of death
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As a floridian, you can tell these are the ones that are gonna be weeded out in the gator culling since they took so long to notice that.
Ayo, do you guys wrestle with gators for real ?
@@foxmask8032 Don't be silly, they're not Australian.
How many RKO's can you do to an aligator? Florida deals with gators, australia with crocs(not the shoe)
@@josephteama3701 I’ve done 12 in my life
@@Xainfinen you’re right, we’re not…because we have GATORS…not crocs lol. And there definitely are some crazy fucks all throughout the south that wrestle gators…australia is wild but so is the florida everglades. 20ft pythons and more invasive species than native species in south florida.
Never fear the alligators you see. Fear the ones you don’t.
Wise words
You always see them when they are chewing on you
@@BeingMyself2023 true, but that status is a process.
I'm in my bed watching TH-cam videos. I don't see any alligators. NOW I'M FUCKING TERRIFIED
@@EventHorizonPrdctns as you should be, they are in the pipes in your walls.
For anyone who doesn’t know, particularly in rivers in Florida, you are also likely to run into bull sharks.
Not many people know that bull sharks can actually survive in freshwater. Australia has them and attacks have even been reported in lake Michigan!
@@getkrawnwalled5625 yep we had a couple up in the Illinois river before
@@lt54 fact or cap?
I’m in Queensland Australia, there’s bullsharks everywhere, lakes, creeks golf course water traps
You’re not likely to see one, but it’s definitely possible
Considering all the stories I've seen about gator attacks in Florida, I would not consider it to be overly-cautious to simply never go into an open body of water in Florida.
Nah got to get them bass bro
I've never had a problem fishing around gators and I fish out on alagator ally during the spring and summer time .
I have seen 12 to 15 footers out there but as long as you keep an eye out for them and don't harass then you will be ok .
Was at a park in coral springs fishing and a gator was off to my left by the walking bridge about 15 feet from me when these kids syarted throwing rocks at it .
I told them not to do it but they ignored me and came down by men then one hit it ij the head with a rock and it came running right past me chasing the kids who ran all over the place .
It then turned around and walked right pass me then swam out into the lake .
I told the kids next time you throw rocks at a gator they just might catch you .
I can't stand stupid people who do stupid things like that
Born and raised in Florida, lived her for 31 years and our beaches lakes and springs are absolutely amazing. My dads first lesson he taught me was never be the first one to jump in.
The ocean is pretty safe along the beaches…
@@chippewaguy4193 visited Florida for a month. Springs were the best thing I've ever had the chance to swim in. Water feels heavy. It's awesome
I’ve lived in Florida for 25 years. When I was young I swam across a fairly thick river with my brothers to get to a tree swing. I’ll never forget once we swam back and started walking through the woods we looked back over into the river and saw multiple 6 footers not far from where we had just swam. I’m honestly amazed I’m still here.
Good god 10k likes!? Thank you so much for my most liked comment!
Who set up a tree swing in gator water? Sheesh lol
They must have been full from the last swimmers
They don’t really bother anyone in the day so I’m not surprised. I’ve swam with some in sight at the Everglades Holiday Park and they go on about themselves.
The chances of a 6ft alligator attacking you are slim to none. They would have to be on the verge of starvation.
Knowing Florida that rope swing is still there too.
Gator: Come on in! The water’s great!
She seems really content on letting her friends know that she literally shit herself and making sure everybody knows she’s not just using the terminology 🤣
I literally just shit 😂
I thought it was necessary lol
I thought she was hilarious
You mean she seems “intent on…” not “content on”
@@musicbrownpreston1596 Harvard called, they want to kiss you on the lips ever so softly.
As someone who’s recently moved to Florida, the best tip I can pass to others is: assume all bodies of water have something dangerous. Even the ones that flow behind some houses.
I lived there for two decades, and I can attest to that.
@@funkyweapon1981 yeah these mfs are BOLD out here. Raccoons are way too capable with their opposable thumbs and shit.
THIS
@@johnperic6860 agreed. I’m much more likely to see a gator. A cottonmouth could be inches from me before I’ve noticed. Or I might step on it.
That's interesting, do people just don't swim in lakes/rivers in Florida?
When I was young and foolish. A buddy and I swam across a very large canal to hunt for shruums in a cow field. We jumped on a culvert that size on the far shore, chasing big fish out of it. Explored the field, came back and we're looking at tracks in the mud before the needed swim back across the canal. Saw a 6 inch gator track We figure that's a 5 footer. My buddy is talking all bravado. Then we see a larger track. A track that wasn't there when we first crossed the canal, as in less than five minutes ago. Putting my large hand in the very deep track there was still about 6 to 8 inches. Now we are thinking about a 14 foot or larger gator. Suddenly, that dark water that we had no choice but to swim, looked very different!
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Did you die?
@@tvrizzle1 He probably did. It was a huge gator.
Florida? If that doesn't chill your spine I don't know what will.
@@tvrizzle1 yeah, he died. He’s ghost writing now.
Gator: "Kay, you've spotted me, you win. Now let's stop pretending and just jump in"
Fishermen: Trying to catch an alligator gar with a plastic lure.
Alligator: Trying to catch a fisherman with an alligator gar.
Hahahhahaha hahahhahahahahahaha. Nice one bro!
I've caught a gar with a plastic hook actually :D it was about 3.5 to 4 foot long and it was breaking my lines all day. It was therapeutic to finally catch it lol. Didn't even know what was doing it but turns out it was a gar. It was right by the docks too.
The guy was baiting the gator, thats what the gator was after. It didnt stalk or even notice the humans. i lived in the area and baited many gators, they will not even notice humans about to step on them(1st hand exp)
Love this. Thank you.
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I was on a middle school canoe field trip at a state park in FL. Our canoe tipped over in an area too deep to touch bottom. When I was trying to get back in, thankfully, I felt an underwater tree or log of some kind that I was able to push off of and boost myself back into our little boat. As soon as I got into the canoe. immediately, came up a VERY large gator. It wasnt a log I stepped on… it was he or she. 😳 The gator looked at us and sank back down. I still get the heebie jeebies thinking about it. I like to think he was just a benevolent gator, lending a helping hand… but I know I was just dang lucky.
thats genuinely insane you easily couldve been grabbed by that same leg/foot you pushed off of it with and drug to the depths. Glad you were fortunate enough to only get a good story out of the ordeal!
That is pretty terrifying. You are very lucky.
Baby you almost got death rolled 😶
This isn't a story that you post on the internet because literally no one believed you. Pictures or video or something that insane didn't happen. 💯
You lucky fuck. How the hell are you still alive?!?
Apparently they're not from the Everglades like many of us Floridians. The fact that you're shocked at a gator sitting here looking at you means you need to be better aware of your surroundings.
I think the video is planned out . I only visit Florida every so often and i know there is a 99% chance of seeing a gator in that kind of setting .
I can look in my backyard and see way worse stuff than this
When I was little I almost ran over a 6 foot gator on my bike in my backyard
@Attiram floridas just built different lol
Exactlyy 💯
Maybe the women in the video are from out of state visiting whoever the fisher is? Cause he certainly isn’t phased - he casts out another line from the exact same spot near the end of the video.
I’m born and raised in Florida and still to this day every time I drive past a lake/pond I look for gators and I always find one just chilling on the edge of the water or floating on top. It’s unsettling when I see people swimming or tubing in the lakes. Just a few months ago near my house a guy got mauled to death by gators by retreating his frisbee that landed in the lake.
Those people are usually not from Florida 😂😂 100% of the time.
I used to live in Florida working for Gatorland. I remember all my coworkers telling me, if there’s a body of water larger than a puddle, there’s probably a gator in it. Love these dinosaurs.
Ol gatorland. I went there about 4 years ago. Sweet place 👍👍
I don't speak Spanish. Gatorland you're gonna love this park.
Fuck that, even puddles can have these beasts in them.
Alligators aren't dinosaurs.. How dumb people are.. Believing just what their been told 😑😑 f mankind
I'm going to Gatorland in Orlando next week
“Clever Girl” -Robert Muldoon, Jurassic Park.
Good thing alligators don’t hunt in packs…
@@duckintheheadlights7906 “Anything said can become a quote.”
@@duckintheheadlights7906 Muldoon said "Clever girl" to the Big One before she killed him. It has become a meme and a quote. OP is correct.
@@duckintheheadlights7906 how do quotes normally work?
@@duckintheheadlights7906 here we go 🙄
Not gonna lie Jess, and I think I speak for most people out there, you are the most sincere person I have ever heard saying they shit their pants. You came in two times just to make sure everyone knew, and for that we salute you.
I'm dead 😂
Loudspeaker Attn: Jess has *now* shit her pants...
It's confirmed and she is not ashamed..
Biden just hides it
My man, this right here is hilarious writing. Thanks.
Amber Heard was there
As sincere as Amber? She even left it on the bed.
"Guys, I am not kidding...I just sh*t!" Even the gator was laughing. 🤣💯💖
He was so still. He raised his head when he noticed you guys seen him and started backing up. Not only should you be afraid of the fact you found him. You should be afraid of the fact he already saw you and was waiting for you to get closer. You were literally being hunted.
Yep. Just watch those crocs that eat the Buffalo every year at the river crossing
Literally one step closer to video and they’re dead. That gators too big.
Uma jacaré desse tamanho não consegue predar um ser humano adulto.
@@mgray1609Literally, stop saying literally, you literally don’t need to say literally because we speak literalistic unless of course it’s figuratively speaking.
@@BeingConsciousness-yw3zw the comedian has arrived everyone get up and cheer 👏
Growing up in Florida, I am totally ashamed to admit I have frequently swam in waters like this. How I am alive I really don’t know.
If you truly are ashamed, then you truly are NOT a Floridian
Signed: 4th generation Floridian.
@@gdgggggg all white Americans that live in America are migrants
Well you're alive because alligators don't attack Humans too often unless provoked.
Did you shit yourself?😂
Thousands tube in the rivers with the gators daily but rarely does anything happen, maybe once a year someone gets attacked in the springs.
Gator was in hunt mode stalking yall. You can see her swimming up to yall in the beginning. Lol tourists are usually on the lunch menu. She came up like damn they spotted me. What a smart girl 🐊💕
ROFL, so true
Unfortunately natural selection didn't get them.
That was a young one and there habitat is getting destroyed sooo.
I don't get why you would get closer to the water knowing he's trying to get a gader.
God damn your eyesight is amazing. I didnt even see her until her head was up lol.
@@thesilentone4024 alligator gar and a alligator are two different species
Smart girl? Maybe is a boy
I was alone in my 12 foot boat traversing the 100 miles of the Wilderness Waterway in Everglades National Park when I saw the most massive alligator I’ve ever seen in the 50 years that I’ve lived in Fla. It was like some dinosaur from the distant past. I was crossing Chevelier Bay on my way to Possum Key where I planned to camp when I saw the beast swimming not 25 yards from my boat. It was considerably larger than my boat. I’d estimate it to have been 18 feet and over 1,000 pounds. It was quite a reptile.
That would be the biggest gator ever. Possible but more likely 13 or 14 ft which is massive. If it was 18 ft it would most likely be a salt water croc.
That’s a pretty wild claim. The biggest gator on record was 19 feet so if it was around that size it’d have potential to be the largest alligator ever discovered.
@@deanmarten Well you'd know better than the person who was there wouldn't ya.. Why is it so hard for you to believe that someone saw an exceptionally large animal? I went to HS with someone who was almost 8 feet tall. Wanna call bullshit on that too?
@@aarongregory4980bc fishing stories are notoriously exaggerated. And American Crocodiles get massive. Much bigger than gators.
@@williambeilfuss8138 yep
I like how sneaky he was
I underestimated the sneakiness
Distracted by the lure
instinct
fov 65 LUL
He/she was *
I collect surface water samples here in FL and when I come across a gator, they will usually slip beneath the surface or just swim away, unless its a young juvenile, then sometimes they will hang around out of curiosity and watch me work. This one looks to have no fear of humans. Nice vid.
Thats sounds like a pretty awesome job
So, in your opinion, they would rather avoid humans than consider us 'food'?
I've been wanting to move to Florida, from Calif, but am afraid of Alligators. We have bears, mountain lions, etc, and they sometimes attack humans, but not that often.
@@davidphillips8919 yes. A really big one can attack but most just swim away. The wild fed ones are the most dangerous, they lose their fear.
@@blacksquirrel4008 Would you find alligators in the Miami River, which I assume is a mixture of ocean and fresh water but I don't know.
I'm from the UK and live near the New Forest, a national park where ponies, donkeys, sheep and pigs etc roam freely and cars often have to stop to let them cross the road. One of my fondest memories of Florida was seeing cars stop to let LITERAL DINOSAURS cross the road, was such a cool experience for me.
Im from the north and remember going to the newforest and being hyped by seeing all the roaming animals. We just get the occasional frog by us or maybe a fox
Big up new forest
We get them almost year round in Hilton Head and surrounding areas. Better to let them cross than damage your car
Hope you know they're not dinosaurs but birds are. And we let em cross the road
They’re not the closest thing to a dinosaur, bird are the closest relative
I moved to Florida when I was 16 from NC, met a group of dudes who smoked weed on a little island hideout where you had to cross a river, my dumbass followed them across, spotted a gator and said “guys that’s a fuckin’ gator” and they looked at me and said “Yeah there were like 50 of them that you didn’t point out on the way across”. Never hung out with those guys again.
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I live in Florida and there is a large freshwater reservoir near my home where I have lived all my life. At the park where the body of water is located there is also a disk golf course that is quite popular. I don't play disk golf but I like to ride my bike on the trail that loops around the lake. One day I was riding by one of the early holes on the course, one in which many people lose their disks due to the design of the course. There were two men waist deep on the water probing the bottom with their feet in a attempt to recover the disks they lost. I almost didn't say anything but decided they may have been from out of state and didn't know any better. I told them that I wouldn't advise that as there are several large alligators 9 foot plus that I have seen in the last few months near where they were wading around. I was assured that it was fine, they knew what they were doing and to mind my own business. I said ok, and finished my ride and went back home. A few days later there was a article in the news paper about a man that had been seriously injured in a alligator attack at the same park. Not only that but the article said that the guy was bit once sustained a minor injury then decided to go back in again, at which point he received a more serious injury which required hospitalization. True story, I am a Florida native and won't go in lakes at all I would advise that you don't either!
You sure your from Florida? Lol
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@@2high4this412 def from florida I would have left also lol its their missing foot not mine I got a bike to ride
That's a true Florida Man right there
That was tank lol. A homeless man who collects disc for the disc store in st Pete. I'm assuming you're talking about Taylor Park right? I've seen some big boys over there. He's lucky he didn't run into the mom or dad. I believe the gator bit him in his face.
One year I was in Louisiana for a summer vacation with my dad. Seeing all the sights he saw when he was younger. It started to rain and the family we were staying with let me borrow an umbrella to go for a walk. I found an old train car flatbed that had been set across a canal to let farmers onto the field so I figures I'd step out onto it out of curiosity. I knocked a few small pebbles into the water and instantly there were bubbles. A moment later a gator surfaced, looked at me for a moment, took in a deep breath and submerged back into the muddy canal. It was the color of a McDonald's iced coffee. Or milky hot chocolate. You couldn't see through it to save your life. Needless to say I stayed the F away from all bodies of water in that state unless otherwise stated that it was safe water. Even then my eyes were peeled.
Great description. I could picture the whole scene vividly in my mind. Thanks for your well written comment.
FL or not, situational awareness and critical thinking will keep you out of alot of trouble being an oblivious dumbass will get you in big trouble/6feet under.
example... a woman almost died from a water moccasin (sp?) bite, because she decided to jump in a pond without paying attention... (to people or looking around), she got bit and was VERY lucky a fish and game fellow was able to get her help... her husband was screaming about killing the snake for trying to murder her on and on.. its a wild f-ing animal.. and she swam within 2 feet of the pads it was sunning on and hunting fish from.... (they are fun to watch and dont generally approach humans...generally...but she got close enough it saw a threat so.. yeah..), also seen a few times people nearly got mauled by bears by... not paying attention... mind you, these bears are... more like big dogs in how they act most of the time..but around huckleberry season is also when they tend to have cubs, if you want to pick berries, you need to pay attention and avoid bears, even some mother bears wont show aggression unless they think your a threat to them/the cubs, but some will charge at sight of a person too close, again thankfully enlarge, they dont attack people..and will move away if humans get loud and move alot, but theres always that one idiot you see who damn near get themselves killed at least once if not several times in a single season... genuine "whats wrong with your brain?/do you even brain? type stuff... one gal ran for over a mile after the bear stopped chasing(pretty fast, it sat down and just looked at her dust trail like 'hot damn, that one could move' and went back to eating berries... her husband went after her on foot... came back having passed more then one mile marker... and... i heard him lecture her about watching for and avoiding bears, the idiot woman pretended to listen/pay attention/understand and... clearly had not at all... or was just that dumb-stupid... could be either honestly... i saw that more then a few times in my youth..im sure its gotten worse... people seem to lack the skills needed to survive in the real workd these days even mroe then the 80-90's when i was a kid/youth... and some people i grew up with... couldnt make easymac without f-ing it up...
As a native Louisianian I chuckled at your comment. 😄
Louisiana here:
Had one in a kiddie pool we had outside for my dog in the summer many years ago.
Lil bastards will hunt down top water lures like it’s gator crack
Always keep a Gator Bonkin’ stick in the boat as hitting them in the head with a stick hard enough is the only thing to make them get the message.
I HEARD your comment. I've heard the sounds Gators make. They are naturally cranky creatures. But they are to NEVER be underestimated.
Back a year before Katrina, my brother told me when he lived in FL, he went in this deep swamp area fishing with a buddy while drinking beer, and ended up pulling the canoe through multiple areas of shallow swamp. Night fell, and they continued to fish and drink. Then they started noticing things glowing just above the water using their flash lights. First a couple then the whole damn area lit up like a city, nothing but glowing eyes at surface of water. I kid you not. Some over a foot apart. They somehow canoed back very sober.
Wow.... That's scary !
lol it's for sure a fast way to sober up
They experienced something very thrilling and scary
Swamp at night in Florida? Absofuckinglutelynot. Those eyes could've been fucking spider eyes at that point too. Nope. No thank you. I've spent my nickel in Florida, I'm not going back!
@@kevinburns8473 wow bro I been here a year and I didn't know at night was so bad in the swamps...thankfully I'm in Broward county and haven't been to the swamps yet
I love how this guy is poking it to come out but our boy is chilling and already locked in on target
I like how it slowly reveals its self when he knows the gig is up lol
The gig is only up if they say so. If he wanted to attack he would still catch them off guard. They’re less than 10ft away.
Daveed's Dreads how the fuck was it going to get to then
@@jsphlml Those things can be underwater and charge up the grass!
@@daveedsdreads1265 they're ambush hunters and won't pursue long out of water.
@@daveedsdreads1265 gators can jump up three feet from the water and they can run up to 30 miles an hour on land for short bursts. People ain't graceful. It didn't get them because it didn't want them, simple as
Now I know why I saw no fish swimming in that pool. I'm from Pennsylvania where thankfully we don't have any gators up here, but traveled to Florida a couple of months ago and I've heard a long time ago always assume that any body of water in Florida no matter how small has gators lurking below the surface.
Good policy
It's a good rule of thumb. Have actually found a baby gator in a puddle after a heavy rain before. Sadly phone was dead (family dropped it) at the time so no pictures. Left it alone because momma gator was not far
Same rule goes for Australia, arguably moreso considering crocs are more aggressive
From Pa too, I wouldn't be surprised to see a gator to climb out the Schuylkill River.
@@lynnmitzy1643 Hopefully that's a sight I never see as I spend some time in and around that river up on the northern branches in Schuylkill county.
And remember everyone….they can quickly get out of the water and run after you on dry land too. So don’t think you’re safe just because you’re out of the water.
They can get really fast on land too. But twice as fast underwater.
Would be an extremely unusual circumstamce for them to chase large prey outside of water. If you see a gator running it is to get into a body of water as fast as possible.
@@jichaelmorgan3796 naw not really. There incredibly territorial. And if it's a mother around her babies she will absolutely come out of water to charge Anything that intrudes.
Something like 30 mph, odds are they can climb and probably fly. Id rather eat broken glass than swim with one
@@drewpeacock2762 if you swim zig zag you are fine
The fact that they keep waving the bait around after they've spotted the gator...no maam, couldn't be me
I love how the gator was just staring at them like a child peeking out of their bedroom window
He's looking at them as lunch
“bonjour”
“top of the morning to ya laddies”
@@farimer1232 what's up 👋
The gator was probably thinking: 🤔 The menu looks pretty good, except for that one girl. I'll bet she'd taste like $#i+!🤮
wow…i saw that gator like 8 seconds before she reacted….i was surprised how surprised she got because i thought she knew she was filming the gator the whole time….after rewatching the video i see on the side on the video one of the girls was sitting down dangling her legs off the bank….and that gator was just getting ready to make his move
Omg! You’re right! I missed that and had to go back and see where you were talking about. Geez, they were about to be lunch! Scary!
I don't see a girl dangling her legs. Care to help please?
@@BhavikPatel1710 at :27 on the bottom left of the screen the girl is sitting on the drain…at :35 she sees the gator and gets up
@@mellamodiego8458 Oh now I see it. Thank you very much
@@BhavikPatel1710 If you look to the left of the screen, on top of the pipe, you’ll get a quick glimpse of the side of her thigh. Its around the 0:27-0:28 mark.
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I'm a Floridian who doesn't trust any body of water in any part of the world no matter how shallow lol
😂
Taking “when you see it” to a whole ass level
My family has property in the swamps of SW Mississippi. I remember fishing behind the camp and regularly seeing alligators. As teenagers, we thought it was fun to feed them food scraps. This went on for many years and the gators started associating our presence with food. It got to the point that when we fished, they would grab the fish from the line. If we did manage to reel the fish in quick enough, the alligators would give chase and stop at the water's edge, which was a few feet from where we stood. They had zero fear of people and became so brazen that we had to start whacking them on the head with our fishing poles to make them retreat At the time, they were 3-5 ft. When those same alligators grew beyond 7-8 ft and started building nests on the banks near our fishing spot, we finally took notice of the potential danger. Most of us had children of our own and stopped fishing there altogether. My grandfather peddled fish on the side and continued to do so after he retired. I'd go with him to run his lines. We always knew which gators we fed because they would linger around the boat, waiting for us to toss them a small fish. Looking back, if this had been public land, we'd have done an injustice to the alligators by taking away their fear of people and they most likely would've been killed. As much fun and entertaining as it was, I wish we would have left them alone.
Where in natchez or port Gibson area? Glad you made it through. Hail State!💎
@@thomasharris5151Wilkinson County, off the old Doloroso Road. Hotty Toddy! 😬
"I wish we had...", not "would have".
I wish more people would recognize how playing Disney with animals often backfires.
@@joecool2125 😶 no no no..good luck in the college World Series! We won it last and y’all need to come back bring it back to the state!!!
Meanwhile, the gator is probably thinking, "I'll just chill right here. If I get too close, I might contract some of the stupid."
lol
_OOF size: ' _*_LARGE_*_ '_
They weren’t stupid though
They saw the gator and backed off
How’s that stupid?
@@flyingraijin2736 would *you* try fishing in a body of water swarming with hungry gators?
@@flyingraijin2736 finna simping my g?
As soon as he popped his head out of the water to look at them I heard…..”Hello Clarice…” 🤣
Creepy as Hannibal lecter 😂😂😂😂
🐊 do you want some Chianti and some lima beans 😮😉🤣😋
Hahahahahaha! Good one!
Really cuz I heard the gay guy from family guy, doing the Jaws voice in the jaws fire island bit.
@@maricruzgarcia7346it's fava beans and a nice Chianti ffffftttt fftttt fftttt and he says Chianti wrong. He says it key an tee it's key on tee
Not a true Floridian until you've swam in waters like that and lived.
Nice to see the legally blind outdoors interacting with nature.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol
Lol. Nice
🤭😆
That is a good one
The way the video zooms in right as the gator is surfacing is a great representation of what it's like to become distracted.
Frankly, I am glad they experienced it so that they can understand that there are a lot of wild animals in Florida.
Wow! That was crazy! It appeared like an object out of a hidden painting.
My friend grew up in a swampy area for about 3 years his father was a survivalist
His first rule of survival
NEVER GO OUTSIDE 😂😂😂
@Savage Jerry wow cool story bro
@Savage Jerry BS. What village?
@Savage Jerry sounds like a shit village xD and sounds like you were scared little kid who didn’t help… talk about weak ! Hahaha
@Savage Jerry yeah thats all we want to hear...i live in wonderland too...so much bullshit come out from your mouth ass
@Savage Jerry It's 2021. You're definitely BS'ing. You can't even name the village, smh.
You know what's really scary? If you know where to look you can actually see the gator at about 0:05 seconds in. It's actually not staring at the girls/camera at all, but at the guy fishing, then turns its head to look over at the camera and then reposition for optimal striking distance. You can see the slightly paler outline of its mouth as it moves its head. Opportunistic predator in action.
Holy shit you are right!
yup saw it
And there are 2 not just 1
@@omarnour6300 wait 2 ????
It took me way to many rewatches to finally see it 😳
When I was 11 I lived on Fallon in palmbay with a dam behind my house that I'd imagine reached atleast 30ft deep at times with a fuckload of gators and gar in it. On a particular day my mom went to work and told me to stay away from the dam. Ofcoarse I grabbed my rod and headed there as soon as she left. I was the only soul back there. I was standing at the top of a very steep hill (almost verticle) along the bank trying to hook some gar. There was bout a 10 foot gator lounging in the water right in the middle of the damn where I was fishing. Suddenly I lost my footing & slipped down the hill into the water. My rod disappeared, I couldn't swim & and the ground was nowhere to be found with my feet. The first thing I did was look back and didn't see the gator anymore. The wall was too steep and muddy to climb out so I grabbed a root and it came out right in my hand. That was the worst feeling in the world. I thought I was a goner for sure. Right as I began to scream for help this older rebel who people looked down upon named TJ came out of nowhere, extended his arm and yanked me out of there. Every time I've revisited this memory I wondered how the hell he even did that. The hill had to be 8 to 10 feet high from the water. And where the hell did he come from right on time? Heaven sent. It just wasn't my time yet.
Honey, T.J. was watching out for you the whole time.
I like how he pops his head up like “did you shit yourself?!”
All fun and games until that gator comes sprinting out of the water for you. Especially one that's watching you without being watched.
highly unlikely behavior, it was probably just waiting for scraps because people throw food to them all the time so they wait around where people are
@@Scooterbeerrun
It'd a joke bro, don't take it so seriously.
@@tahmkench118 are you Phillip? No.
@@Scooterbeerrun
Jesus the fact that you can't tell an onvious joke from serious statements is indicative of your stupidity. How's it feel to live with a stick up your ass everyday of your life? I can't imagine being that stuckup and serious.
@@tahmkench118 Still not Phillip. :)
This is one of the many things my friends didn’t understand when I moved from Florida to Colorado, they’d wanna jump in a random lake and I’d be pretty unsure about it. They didn’t know why until I explained that in Florida unknown bodies of water are crawling with gators and your unlikely to escape scar free if your stupid enough to jump in. They also thought it was so weird when I was talking about how we couldn’t shower or use the sinks during storms because my mom was scared we were gonna get shocked. What a odd little place Florida is, miss it down there.
Forgive my ignorance, but why can't you use the water supply during storms? Something to do with contamination from storm run off/ sewers backing up?
@@behemothfan1990 I think it was because of electricity in the storm or something? Might somehow get in the piping or some weird shit and electrocute them.
At least that's what it seems like they were afraid of.
@@behemothfan1990 we used a well, so during the lighting storms if we turned on a shower and lightening struck close by the water could become electrocuted.
@ja hh That is not a myth. Look it up if you're unsure. Lightning can easily travel through pluming. Also lightning hitting bodies of water where the lightning discharges on the surface of the water and lightning striking a water pipe or nearby ground are concepts that don't relate.
Seems like an improper grounding issue. Rain and thunder and lightning storms happen everywhere and that should not happen if your house and everything is properly grounded. I live in central Illinois and we get plenty of bad storms and I have showered and run the dishwasher and other appliances many times and never a problem.
About 15 years ago I jumped into a lake and at the last second saw an alligator float by about 5 feet away. By some miracle I was able to contort by body mid jump and landed closer to the edge of the water and ran back to our campsite as soon as my feet were able to touch ground . Haven’t been to the lake since.
Pero eso lo hiciste en ingles o en español
I smell 🐂💩
About two seconds ago, I had to teach somebody that gators aren’t going to just randomly eat anything in the water- you were fine, but understandably scared.
Everyone here saying to not even touch bodies of water in FL: there is LITERALLY a 1:3,100,000 chance of being attacked.
I was bass fishing off the bank in South Carolina and had a gator take my bass from me as I was about to land it. Then proceeded to slowly eat it in front of me. It was a big bass. Gators will eat your fish and bite your lures. Don't be surprised when they watch you fish. They are incredibly smart
Omg, it’s so obvious after she gasps! I rewound it, and was like “how did I not see it there before she first yelled?”
That means the camouflage was working as intended. Hard to notice a dark, still object in murky water.
Standing still is our brain's enemy
If you watch a few seconds before the girl filming zooms in, you can see the shrubbery under water parting ways as the gator comes up to watch them.
Sameeee didn’t notice it till she yelled
@@johnprice.2727 ooh yeah oh my god I just saw that part you mentioned. It was making a big turn towards the girls and yet no one noticed it including me. 😣 Chills!! 😱
My family has lived in Florida for centuries, particularly South Florida. My dad always says “Anything the size of a swimming pool, assume it has a gator,” which is often even true for pools. Really, he just meant that they could be anywhere, which is true. No reason to get surprised by them!
It's amazing that they seem to be able to keep them out of Disney World. I'm guessing it's a lot of bigger vigilance with the fencing and a lot of monitoring inside.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade they're not able to keep them out of disney actually. They try but they still sneak in.
I don’t even step in mud puddles.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade there was a huge thing a few years back when a gator killed a kid in Disney
@@Chiemontyr Yep. It was a Disney resort. I actually visited the resort about a year after the incident and saw the area where it happened.
I like to think the gator had no real intention on attacking them, but wanted to show off its stealth. Almost a way of instilling some humility in them. Like "I could've ended you, remember whose territory this is"
He was just curious or has been fed by people. He's not big enough to be aggressive unless it mating season or something.
He was probably hoping they'd catch something, and he'd get a free lunch.
reluctantly predators animal and human only have two things on their mind attack or attack later
The 2nd time I watched it, I realized I didn’t notice the gator for at least 10 seconds the 1st time around.
0:22 “Gators… where’d he go?”
* *Gator immediately visible after zooming out like we’re watching “Dora the Explorer”* *
My grandparents own a lake home in Panama City. Once When I was 11 I decided to go swimming in their lake. We were all fishing and swimming and having a great time and after awhile it was time to go in because they always told me to never swim when the sun starts to set because of gators. It was time to get out and everyone went in and I didn’t follow. I was in my own world, snorkeling and being a kid. 40min goes by and I hear screaming and yelling to get out of the water. My whole family was on the dock signaling me to get out because their was a 6ft gator about 10ft from me just watching me. When I started to swim to the dock the gator went down into the water to come after me. My dad went on the other side of the dock to start hitting the water and the gator floated back up to the surface. I was able to get out of the water safely. A dog from the house next to us heard all the commotion and must of saw the gator and started barking on the neighbors dock and the gator slowly started swimming over to the dog. I’ll never forget that day and any chance my dad gets he shares the story how I almost died. It’s one of those life moments that sticks with you and makes you realize how lucky you are to be alive. I’ll never forget it.
Wow! What a story...I got chills reading that.Thanks for sharing.
why don’t you ppl LISTEN or have common sense lol
@@sluglow6357 he is 11 that time.............
@@staRRk-ot6di you didn’t LISTEN when you was 11? You was dumb at 11?? Your brain couldn’t comprehend when someone tells you not to do something cause it’s dangerous at 11? Lol dam
Gator attacks are extremely rare. Just cause it was swimming in your direction don't mean it was gonna attack you 🤣
I’d love to do a long term experiment were a pole with a metal spikes is disguised as a small dog or child and locked in place at the waters edge, then the crocs that bite it will think twice. The purpose is to classically condition them to connect people and small animals at the edge of the water as danger. At the very least the crocs that disregard the danger won’t be dangerous for long. On a deeper look this experiment would effect the offspring and generations later they would be very conditioned to avoid hunting in those areas. Do this in Florida
“I mastered the art of camouflage. I stand so incredibly still I am invisible to the naked eye.
Alligator Drax.
Clearly why your a loser
“I am the gator of the culvert, what is your wish?”
- This Gator
Oh mighty culvert gator... I shall dub thee... Shenron.
An official red ryder carbine action bb rifle 😫.
🐊
“Groan… hisss…You’ll shoot your eye out… hiss”
@@chazdoomy1512 *slow clap* that is a classic reference right there my friend, well done!
Frightening how a reptile that large can so stealthily emerge from unbelievably shallow waters. 😮
Tbh they’re just kinda blind, I noticed him/her the moment they panned closer to him
0:07 can see it move
I'm not sure he did sneak up though. They never show the place he's at until right before they notice him, and he's obvious rught when they pan over his location. He could've been sitting there the whole time.
@@lilwolfie4214 ya right, which pixel?
@@invictuz4803 at 0:07, you definitely can see the gator start to come up right before they zoom. Bottom left side of the frame. Blink and you'll miss it though
What a highly tuned killing machine..honestly it was able to get within striking distance without even being noticed. If they hadnt been on those culverts the gator def could of gotten them. What I find cool too is as soon as the gator knows its been spotted he blatently makes his presence known as if to say.."come back again and ill be waiting, this is my lake."
nice
I used to clam in Mosquito Lagoon back in the 80's. One day after clamming a couple hours went to the boat and got in and had lunch. Boat was in 3 1/2 feet of water. Decided I'd had enough clamming for the day. As I went to pull in the anchor a 10' gator swam out from under my boat. I figured he swam under there and was waiting for me to jump back in. Never underestimate a hungry gator.
@P J And today on “THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED” …
@P J Post a video or it never happened
@P J lies bro, I bet you didn't even use Detroit urban survival tactics to wrestle the beltfed mg42s most alligators are known to carry
@P J lmfao you're a pure moron. Go say that bs somewhere else. You never even see 18ft gators. Even 15-16 isn't common. Now go play that kid shit somewhere else
The way you put it that it was basically waiting to eat you is kind of terrifying lol. Glad you’re all good, bro.
He’s just waiting…my grandparents lived in Naples for 25 years. Every year we’d visit from Boston, grandfather said to my brothers and I:
1) red then yellow kills a fellow
2) if it goes silent and birds fly away, drop the fishing poles and run
3) don’t go to the edge of the pond to reel in the bass, lift them out of the water and drag them to you.
4) if you see a snake with its mouth open, it isn’t a hognose
5) swim in the pool, or watch the Red Sox game much safer
Grandpa was a very smart man.
What does #1 mean?
@@mikelindellspillow2609 It's for snakes : If the color red is next to yellow on the snake, it's poisonous. "If Red touches Yellow, you're a dead fellow. If Red touches Black, you're OK, Jack"!! :)
@@mikelindellspillow2609 the difference between a coral snake and a king snake the coral snake is poisonous and the king snake mimics it's colors. If the red and yellow bands on the snakes skin are next to each other stay away.
Red and yellow killed a fellow/ red and black a friend to jack.
I was visiting my mom in Florala Alabama on the border with Florida and we took the kids down to the state park where people were bbq'ing and swimming, so I went in with the kids and while I was wading notice a cute 3' long baby gator. At first I was just doing that enjoying nature thing then my brain kicked in. Out of the lake kids quickly! If there's a baby there is a momma somewhere.
Jesus Christ yeah watch out for Mama 😅
Lake Shelby by chance?
@@tideatmilehigh2727 Naw, Lake Jackson.
I will be honest, if it's a 3-foot one you will be fine since mama gators don't usually take care of their babies that long.
@@WillieStubbslake shelby
Gator's like "Come on guy's, hurry up & catch something, i'm starving."
Gave me chills watching this, how can you enjoy fishing when your in an area that is so unpredictable. Goosebumps
The drive there is 1000x more dangerous
You should worry about pitbulls more than gators or snakes. The uneducated public worries about the wrong critters.
@@swayback7375 Not if I jump in the water
BatChest
You get used to watching out for them while fishing and as long as you don't bother them they normally leave you alone and just watch you
They blend in so well down there. Perfect ambush predator. Always assume there's at least 1 gator in every body of water that'd love for you or your dog to be a snack
Videos like these tend to make me appreciate my peaceful life in Finland more and more 😅 Biggest things we have in water are pikes and they won't kill you. I've heard of them biting someone but that's usually pretty small thing in the end. Also we don't have too much poisonous animals and earthquakes or hurricanes etc. so yeah, the long winter doesn't sound too bad after all 😂
Yep, we are totally safe in Finland!
Ticks are probably the most dangerous animal in Finland, and they don't move in winter time! 😂👍
What about the Russians across the border ?
@@Taanneli same here in the south of germany. we have nice summers, mild winters and the most/only real "dangerous" animal is the tick. Again and again I realize how blessed I am to be born in such a safe environment
@@hkchan1339 here we go, Russia is back to beeing the boogy man.
Same deal up here in Canada, moquitos sucks but thats about it. I prefer the cold from the heat anyway.
In Florida where I’m from, there’s a river that runs into the intercoastal. We go kayak fishing in there, but there are beware gator signs. One day my kayak had a hole in it. I didn’t realize until I was in the middle of this river and it started wobbling uncontrollable as it slowly filled with water. I will never forget the panic I felt swimming from the middle of this river with my kayak to the edge. I made it back no issues, but the fear I felt for 5 minutes was the most intense of my life.
always bring a tin cup for bailing out water.
Hearing her say she shit herself reminds me of an old joke involving sharks. Young shark asks Dad why they make circles around humans before they attack them. Dad replies “Simple, it’s because they taste better when they aren’t full of shit “ 😂😂😂
Best dark joke I ever heard 🤣
Bro that joke is terrible, but logical, lol
As soon as the camera moved I was like "oh there's Waldo" how it took her that long to spot him I'll never know.
Had something almost identical happen to me in the Everglades 4 years ago over Christmas. Was looking at a gator and a herron sitting on the same log and next thing you know there’s one right near the bank almost completely camouflaged. They’re sneaky creatures
Manatees can sneak up right next to you as well. Luckily they won't pull you into the water and rip you apart.
In Africa, that close to a Nile croc, it will take you!! Yes, I know its Florida😁
Great way to be killed in Australia also!
Not even just Niles, but crocs all together are way more aggressive and methodical in their ambush. Even Cayman are more aggressive than the American alligator.
@@jacobdaniel8239 yep true.
@@jacobdaniel8239 They dont realize that alligator can jump quite a distance from the water 🤣🤣😂🤣😂
@@krazyjnva2up2down55 exactly. That's at least an 8ft gator, more than capable of snatching their asses off that drain pipe. Not exactly maneater size but most likely wouldn't escape it without some serious injuries.
22 years removed from Florida and my head is still on a swivel when I approach water.
Wow, I want to move to Florida, Miami, Orlando, Tampa, etc, it doesn't matter really, but am afraid of gators. According to your remarks, you've seen enough of them, and probably had some close calls. And I hear horror stories, and so no way I'm moving to Florida. I'll stay in Calif with bears, mountain lions, at least I might see them coming.
@@davidphillips8919 if your voting D when you get to Florida don't come
In fact don't come anyways stay Your ass in California WE ARE FULL
@@Miami1991 Uh okay, you know both Republicans and Democrats at the end of the day are AMERICAN and thus are allies in some shape or form. There is no US or THEM simply American ✨
@@angryakinaya9029 👏Exactly, same shit.
@@angryakinaya9029 Lmao, no.
We are divided as hell, democrats would sooner wave a rainbow flag than American
My grandfather flew me down to Florida to visit him and my grandma from Michigan and took me on a canoe trip in gator infested rivers. Taught me to stay calm, keep your self in the boat at all times and everything would be fine. He was right. They swam beneath us, they watched us from the embankments and I saw a 15+ ft gator sitting in the sun, biggest one I've seen even to this day. Got to see baby gators too, they'd have their heads out of water in thick brush and said something to my grandpa and he said, "Gonna get away from here then, momma isn't far." Grateful my grandpa instilled a sense of wonder and adventure in me at such a young age before technology took over the brains of today's youth.
god bless him
Im a Floridian and caught chills at the fact that before she zoomed in on the fishing line, nothing was there. When she zoomed back out, a underwater death stare.
They are shaking but still standing there and zooming in. It's Florida. You haven't heard of the Everglades? They live here.
And you wonder why there is a Florida man/woman thread on every forum....🤣
We were more startled than scared. We were 100% safe once we saw him.
@@capecoraljade yeah...... I'm not sure about that "safe" part mainly because the gator saw you before you saw it, but I'm glad you're not hurt and are okay.
@@Wyndamn lol like a gator is going to charge 3+ people
@@Sl33PY3Y3Z97 If it was nervous of the people they wouldn't have seen it. Many gater handlers have been attacked with a paying audience.
After 40 seconds they realize 😱
We were REALLY watching his lure 😬😳
@@capecoraljade did she really shit herself? 🤣
He wasn’t there at first
@@donnypuleo8167 you can literally see the gator swim to that spot up to 0:08
@@0000rrfff I can't see it
That lure looks appetizing. No, not that one....the other end of the pole. 🐊
When I was in junior high school I would visit my grandmother in South Florida. I used to fish right on the bank of the freshwater canals near her home. One day I'm fishing on the bank when I just had a sixth sense. I look down and about two feet to my right, its head barely visible through the weeds within inches of the bank, was a huge alligator. I jumped back instantly and sprinted out of there. It left an impression.
When I walk my dogs I NEVER go closer then five big steps from the retention pond. Most of the time I’m much further away way up the embankment. I’ve watched it from afar dive like a submarine only to surface ten yards away looking straight at my dog and slowly coming towards us. Amazing creatures. So silent, so deadly.
I lived in Florida
Just FYI
Gators..and Crocs can run up to 40 mph
On land...hope you can too!
I can
true, but apparently only in a straight line... they have to stop if they want to turn, so if it doesn't catch you off guard first, try running in a zigzag.
No fucking way 40 😱 wtf
@@davidaguirre9125 It's not true. I'm a Florida native and a nature lover. A lion for instance runs between 45-50mph in short bursts and you've never seen a crocodilian move that fast outside of the movies. But don't get it twisted, they can be surprisingly quick but not 40mph quick. The larger they are, the slower they are on land. They are ambush predators. So they are not built for land-based chases. But they can explode out of the water with astonishing speed but not to chase you down.
Your a moron where did you get that bogus info on Gators.
That zoom out into the gator chilling there was such a good scare lmao
I was wondering when she would notice him 😂… like GIRL, LOOK!!!
That was my childhood growing up in Lakeland FL. Not everyday, but fishing the 100 year old phosphate pits within walking distance it wasn’t unexpected to see or hear a rattlesnake on the walk through the woods, have a giant alligator pop up while fishing or encounter the most prehistoric looking snapping turtle. I’m surprised that I and 6 or 7 of my friends are still alive. (Wouldn’t change a day of it. The bass and speck fishing was great)
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Same. Great times.
Floating down peace river in the daytime tubing, only to walk along shore at night and see dozens and dozens of glowing green eyes green eyes!
@@josephhall2546 God, I forgot about the eyes at night. I got to experience that down near Everglade City camping out. Scary stuff when all you have to defend yourself is a paddle and a bait caster.
The way he just gradually comes into apperance as he rises to the surface is so smooth, that gator popped up like a ninja! It's no wonder animals in different parts of the world like Gazelle's drinking at a pond don't see them coming and fall victim to these kings of camouflage! They are certainly pretty cool animals
In Cuba they run.
How many years of evolution bruh. Many
@@DP-eo5xd tens of millions of years of evolution and they hardly changed
Went to visit my aunt once. Figured I’d seen about everything growing up in the woods in Oklahoma. That was until my aunt just casually hopped over a small (maybe 3 feet long) alligator on the running path one morning as we were jogging along. I noped. Not jumping over an alligator 🐊 she just laughed and kept going.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
There are gators in a very small portion of OK too. Just be aware of your surroundings, be smart, and don’t mess with them. They are almost always more afraid of you than you are of them.
@@TrustMeIKnowThings now I understand how people feel when we tell them about bears in the North 😳
"She hopped right on over a gator, straight Mario that bitch" or
"I walked right past 3 different gangs on my way to work today".
We all become accustomed to ignoring the dangers around us in our daily lives.
@@Fishbro oooor both if you live in Houston 🤣
My friends circumnavigated Australia, in an extreme wild island inlet in far north Western Australia 🇦🇺 ,a big salt water crocodile 🐊 waited 30 feet behind the yatch for 2 weeks 😳!! Super cunning predators, years later a young female backpacker was killed there!! 😢😮
Got distracted by the fishing line for so long, took me a while to realize the alligators head pointing out lol 😂 so camouflaged
Haha the fact that Dino 🦖 was already looking at them for 5 seconds on the left without them realizing it was extremely cool and terrifying at the same time, those creatures can just sneak up on you, they blend in so well the those surroundings
Haha she said gators where did you go……. Um I think it was already scoping you out for a bit🤣
I live in Southern California. About 25 years ago pet shops were selling baby American alligators for $50, giant snakeheads for $7, and red belly piranha for $5… I’ve seen all 3 in our waters.
What part of California?
@@357-swagnumultramagax9 This is an important question.
My coworker lost his alligator here in SoCal lol it ended up being in his neighbors pool!!!! They came and took it away, obv he didn’t say it was his at that point. Lol so whoever has pools.. always check before you get in no matter where you live ! You might have a dumbass neighbor lol
@@357-swagnumultramagax9 Orange County and south down to San Diego is where I’ve seen all 3. Fish shops in Garden Grove (OC) were selling.
Do you want invasive species? This is how you get invasive species!
Idk how to explain it. but somehow this was eerily interesting to watch. It’s like nature in perfect harmony-the Gator doesn’t know how feared it is it just knows that if it sits still long enough it will get fed lol
Oregon dude here, I spent a week road tripping the back roads and bush in Florida in 1990. This is as real as it gets, those gators are no joke, good video, thanks for the memories!
For a bigger experience come to Australia for our saltwater crocodiles they make gators look like bait fish.
@@stevemeredith9022 big facts
@@stevemeredith9022 forsure!! the gators actually aren't that aggressive here in florida..
@Oregun George compared to living where?
@Oregun George you mean the state where everyone and their mothers wants to move to ?,
Nasty ass state indeed DONT MOVE HERE WE ARE FULL