RedSox68
Retired 2021 -- All the Time to Travel Now!
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2009
Redbudlover said: ↑
Are you kidding? Alligators kill people! Jump in the water with an aggressive alligator? NO!!!
I agree.
The thing that boggles my mind, as a parent, is why didn't the father or the mother (one of them) wouldn't go after the gator. I know the reports say that both tried to grab the boy but were unsuccessful. But, and this is just my mindset as a parent, there's no way in hell I would leave the gator without trying everything. I mean if the gator grabbed the boy then you go in and hang on tight and keep fighting. Even if that means going down with it. I would rather die trying to save my baby girl than walk out of the water with scratches and live to tell about it.
And yes I do realize that there are 2 other children to think about -- hence why I mentioned one of them should have went after.
Were you there? Were these reporters writing the articles there? Do you really know how hard the father fought or how far he went out? You have no right to judge in a horrific situation like this. You can say what you would do from the safety of your chair at home, but in the situation of life and death, with an alligator snapping at you and you (probably) trying not to tear your kids arm off in the tug of war, you have no idea what would be going through your mind. Sheer shock and disbelief might cause a person to freeze and not be able to process what they are seeing. They move VERY fast and often drag their victims underwater. It is unfathomable to me how so many can say the parents didn't do the right thing. Well guess what - they are now stuck with the godawful scene they witnessed and will never be able to forget it.