Florida man attacked by alligator while swimming in Seminole County lake
Wildlife officials are investigating after a man was bitten by an alligator while swimming in a Seminole County lake, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
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Swimming at night in an alligator infested florida lake at 2am during alligator nesting season at peak feeding hours? You win the Darwin Award.
@KnoxHarringtonTheVideoArtist
Ай бұрын
you voted for joe biden
@wrzl1675
Ай бұрын
I know right….. first thing I thought too…. wtf was he thinking.
@wrzl1675
Ай бұрын
@@KnoxHarringtonTheVideoArtistI’m thinking you’re the Biden fan boy.
@SQUEEDGE_2000
Ай бұрын
There's a POLITICAL debate about this?😂😂😂
@johnathansolloscy2897
Ай бұрын
Can't vote for Biden anymore!!!😂 Missing his leftie!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Who in their right mind would swim in a lake in Florida let alone at 2am!!!!
@boi5599
Ай бұрын
Fr I hate when people dont educate themselves, if it wasnt breeding season and at night, dude would be swimming peacefully
@roverandmorerestore7266
Ай бұрын
We do it in fl all the time
@sevenblessed2543
Ай бұрын
@@roverandmorerestore7266so you guys except it or just dont think about it ?
@jlarrywhite8
Ай бұрын
Dummies 😂
@Trill_life
Ай бұрын
One local man who found out how busy the gators can be
That was just stupid👎
@jackluminous6024
Ай бұрын
That almost cost him an arm AND a leg! 🤯
@cesarcoelho7227
Ай бұрын
@Gaddafi-vj5jb no brain 🧠
Who freaking swims in Lake Monroe??? Wow.
@charlesking5328
Ай бұрын
Everyone knows Lake Jesup is much safer @ 2:00 😊
@Dustalini
Ай бұрын
at 2am none the less
@kennethmeeker6369
Ай бұрын
I use to swim in the swamp all the time just not at night.
@JohnBaker-iw5iv
Ай бұрын
Wow had to be drunk or high
@Shane.Dennnis
Ай бұрын
Where I’m from homeless people go in the river at night so they can clean themselves. People don’t like to watch homeless people bathing in the public. The homeless man was probably just trying to clean himself off. He’s not out there doing laps at night. Wow
Swimming at 2am in a Florida lake is attempted suicide
@jondo3817
Ай бұрын
lol, yep. that is exactly what it is.
You don’t go into lakes in Florida, unless you want to meet a gator. I’m glad he lived, but that was a really stupid thing to do.
@johnmusser8925
Ай бұрын
Lakes rivers golf ponds..anything fresh water....salt water has crocks and bill sharks
"Stand up in the water to make yourself appear bigger and then run." Run where? What is this, a cartoon?🤣🤣🤣
@antwandukes
Ай бұрын
I swear, these reporters these days are something different for real! That statement made zero since.
@Cola64
Ай бұрын
Reporter probably will be the next Florida district attorney
homeless guy at 2:00 AM he was probably high as hell 💀
@antwandukes
Ай бұрын
Probably so, or maybe trying clean himself up little bit.
Well, that was stupid. Everyone knows it is full of gators.
Do you know how to tell if a body of water in Florida has Gator’s ? Reach down and feel the water, if it’s wet, there’s Gators 😂
@jondo3817
Ай бұрын
lol
@tonyrussi7777
Ай бұрын
Amen.
@carltonsamuel646
Ай бұрын
Lol, at least cite the person if you’re going to steal their joke 😂
@alaefarmestatesllc
Ай бұрын
@@carltonsamuel646I’m pretty sure that lady isn’t the only person in history to tell that joke. Like that’s a pretty common joke.
2 AM 🤦♂️
the poor man, but swimming in Lake Monroe?Where was he from?Please don't swim in lakes in Florida.Only swim in swimming pools.
@ricardorodriguez5549
Ай бұрын
Tourist
@robertpizana612
Ай бұрын
Lake monroe is home too very big gators,The bull males are super active in the night!!
@kathybrewton4577
Ай бұрын
Why , day or night common sense is the key to safety
@aj7568
Ай бұрын
He was homeless and not thinking right.
@boi5599
Ай бұрын
You know real Floridians go swimming in the lakes and springs, it was during night and breeding season is where he messed up.
"they are more afraid of you than you are of them" they said.
Use common sense people Duh
@jumahbrady670
Ай бұрын
Common sense isn't so common anymore
Gators and Sharks are having a festive summer in Florida. Come on in the water is just fine. 😱😂✌️
@davecfishing7907
Ай бұрын
can assure you there is bullsharks in that lake as well!
We used to swim and water ski in Lake Monroe in the seventies but it was a rare thing to see an alligator back then no way I would do that now
@francismarion6400
Ай бұрын
The population was way down. We used to swim in the Everglades canals in the 80's.
@davecfishing7907
Ай бұрын
@@francismarion6400 thats crazy how yall nearly wiped them out, now theres like 100s along the wall
@francismarion6400
Ай бұрын
@davecfishing7907 ha! Wait till the salt water crocs return to the panhandle!
Man said run in water 😂😂😂
I sincerely hope they don’t kill the alligator. The guy was being stupid. The animal shouldn’t have to suffer because of the man’s stupidity.
@francismarion6400
Ай бұрын
It was a homeless lgbtq+ Biden voter.
@bruceleez5292
Ай бұрын
FWC will kill 10 Gators for it and not even find the right one.
@missf4681
Ай бұрын
I know the animal always pay of idiots
@francismarion6400
Ай бұрын
@@bruceleez5292 Who tf cares
@bruceleez5292
Ай бұрын
@francismarion6400 same to you who tf cares about your life. Why do people like you not value the life of living things. The universe sees you and it can double down on your lack if respect and value for life..
the Darwin Award of the year goes to…
@heaven-is-real
Ай бұрын
...the night time swim with gators man
@user-vi2dk1qz5f
Ай бұрын
The one armed man. Named Lucky
Who goes swimming in a Florida lake at 2am?
@matthewhowe3727
Ай бұрын
Gatorbait.
@builderboy1646
Ай бұрын
drunks
@Cola64
Ай бұрын
White peoples
Mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
@AlyoshaK840
Ай бұрын
Medulla oblongata!!!
@doubledforge
Ай бұрын
@@AlyoshaK840 lol!
@mackaready1
3 күн бұрын
😂
homeless, armless, jobless, health insurance less, senseless
@NissrineA74
Ай бұрын
😢
@Cola64
Ай бұрын
Probably building him a 2500 sq ft handicap home right now
@Jayleewild81
Ай бұрын
Sounds like a Biden voter 😂😂
“Florida man originally from New York or New England”. There. Made it more truthful for you.
@justintaylor3569
Ай бұрын
Shut up
@crazyflboy8727
Ай бұрын
New Yorkers can’t swim lol. Most likely New England.
He should have known better.
when you walk into an alligator's kitchen at the time he is having dinner and you are a hamburger, when he tries to eat you, why is that called "an attack" ?? he is just having dinner in his own kitchen.
@dawnr5158
Ай бұрын
Because humans feel entitled that they can go anywhere and everywhere!! Oh and if something happens it’s not our fault, it’s always the fault of the predators trying to protect their homes, but never ever ours!! Pretty sad isn’t it 😢
@jondo3817
Ай бұрын
@@dawnr5158 one slight correction. not "humans," americans. only certain humans on this planet who come from certain places have this type of behavior. most people on this planet do not have this type of issue with wildlife. it is disingenuous, misleading, and unfair to say that "humans" everywhere behave the same way. and actually, i would even narrow this down to "white" americans.
Lake Monroe is known to have alligators
All reptiles eat at night..
There's too many alligators now.
@bobbysays
Ай бұрын
Correction, there are too many people now 👍
@Grandpa_popi
Ай бұрын
You mean people? Gators always been here
@francismarion6400
Ай бұрын
@freshyjones9062 People always been here.
@Grandpa_popi
Ай бұрын
@@francismarion6400 you may want to learn more history, alligators been here millions of years, people only thousands.
@francismarion6400
Ай бұрын
@@Grandpa_popi you may want to learn how to gfy.
Common sense is not that common
Darwin Awarded
Dont swim in our lakes or rivers here in Florida, especially now as it's mateing season for these reptiles.
@keithdior1657
Ай бұрын
Where do u swim?
@dawnr5158
Ай бұрын
@@keithdior1657in man made swimming pools, where humans are supposed swim, and the only place where you don’t have to worry about getting eaten by a shark 🦈 or an alligator 🐊 In Florida ocean (salt water) has sharks, and lakes, ponds, rivers (fresh water) has alligators and even bull sharks!! So with all that being said “unless you want to become a meal, then you’ll learn not to go into their environment, and their house”!! 😅
no swimming at 2 AM !!! may work...
@buzz5969
Ай бұрын
Any true Floridian will tell you fools to NEVER SWIM in any lake.
There needs to be a NO SWIMMING sign
@allesasmart
Ай бұрын
Do you think that would have stopped him?
@rd8370
Ай бұрын
I’m sure there was, but stupid people don’t care.
Make no mistake about gator time. I had two very large gators aggressively swim right towards my kayak while fishing mid day in Florida this spring!
“Stand up in the water to make yourself appear larger.....and then RUN”. My man....keeping it real.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
We use to swim, jet ski, water ski, and have all kinds of fun in lakes down in FL. Never had any issues before. But then again we weren’t alone at 2am. Seems like gator attacks are becoming more common now though.
@NarleyAdventures
Ай бұрын
No just more northern dummies moving here.
@clarissaturcios2346
Ай бұрын
Hey white person
@dawnr5158
Ай бұрын
Yeah well that’s because “common sense isn’t so common anymore”!! 😅
Honestly, I think we need to start normalizing eating alligators like we eat chicken… I’m not being funny either. There are too many starving people and we need to control this alligator population. But this guy should def not have been in that damn water 🤦🏽♀️
He must have been near a nest. Alligators do not usually attack adults. Cows swim in that lake when we have a lot of rain. Gators do not attack them.
@16MedicRN
Ай бұрын
Point is, they're everywhere.
@DR.DisInfect
Ай бұрын
They do at 2 am
@kenneth9874
Ай бұрын
That's silly, they nest on land and cows are much bigger and don't swim at 2am.....
Who thinks it a good idea to go swimming in Lake Monroe ?
@buzz5969
Ай бұрын
In Florida I dont think its good to swim in any lake, Im from there amigo.😊
Stand up in the water, and then run!? 😂
Tf is he swimming in a lake for? All Floridians know better, especially at night.
To paraphrase Quint in jaws: you go in the water, gators in the water. Fairwell and adieu my fair spanish ladies.... Apparently he didn't have a revolver to use for russian roulette.
This "reporter" is saying the heat takes a toll on gators while the expert is saying they lay in the sun all day for energy.
Why are you swimming in an alligator infested lake at 2am?
A real Florida man would no better
How do you stand tall in the water and run?
I used to jet ski through this lake and st John's. You do not swim in these waters at night
First question...why are you swimming in ANY lake in Florida...second question...why are you swimming at 2am???!!!!...you just turned yourself into a pleasant midnight snack
Stay out of the lakes and streams in Florida!!! Leave the alligators alone!! Homeless guy had to be high, good Lord.
I heard the victim sent his arm to a taxidermist and asked him to include a brass sign on the mount, "Stupid Is As Stupid Does"
To all these people saying you can't swim in our lakes and rivers here in Florida, that's completely false and ridiculous. But you have to be a clueless idiot to get in that water after the sun goes down!
Who wouls swim in any lake in Florida?! Crazy
Stand up and run? If you go fast enough you'll hydroplane like in the cartoons. 😂
Swimming in gator infested lake at 2 AM... I see you Florida man...
He was bugging… 2am swimming in a lake is crazy as heck even if it wasn’t Florida😒
How can you be so irresponsible…!
Just to make sure I got this right. If confronted by an alligator stand up to look bigger then run ✔️
Hold my beer🍺🐊
Lake Jessup has the highest count of gators ... Thanks to Walt Disney Lake Jessup IS CONNECTED to Lake Monroe DO THE MATH ...
Hopefully this is a lesson learned for my man here.
Swimming at 2am in gator infested waters? You’re asking for it
That walkway looks too close to the water.
He definitely AINT A FLORIDA MAN…😅😂
"News" today... He said, "The gator attacked his arm." First time I've heard of a gator going for a specific body part. In a way, asking for ribs or brisket at a restaurant.
What was he thinking? Is he a newbie to Florida?
"Stand up...and then run" 😅😂🤣
That wasn't the smartest place, or time
Why in the world would you going swimming in a lake in the middle of the night in florida? You have to know that there’s probably a gator lurking somewhere. You think he would know that if he’s from Florida
If you see a body of water in Florida, there is probably a gator in it. If you see a body thrashing about in the water in Florida, there is definitely a gator in it.
At 2am in the morning? Really?? FAFO.
Alligators are narcissists!
Anybody that has lived there for any length of time knows better.
2AM?! That's a lost arm, for sure.
Anyone who swims in a Florida lake probably knows nothing about Florida lakes
0:36 no continue living normally just don’t swim in the lake!
I don’t even jump in a pool in Florida with out checking the skimmers etc …no way.
That poor man must’ve been on drugs This is the most obvious thing not to do in the world to anyone who lives in Florida and knows alligator behavior.. at least he survived. I wouldn’t even go in there during broad daylight. It’s inevitable you’re going to be attacked.
Man in the water 2 AM.There's more to the story
who the hell goes swimming in that place?
Tastes like chicken... 😅 Stand up look big and run... 😂
People always swimming in Florida lakes, ponds, rivers. They’re asking for it.
This man got a lesson now he is known as the one armed bandit😮
Don’t forget the freshwater crocodiles like the 16ft American Crocodile “Fred” as seen on Alfred Montanues channel!
Why would you swim at 2am in Florida??????????
As a Florida Native if it's wet gators are in there and never at night...
He'll be telling the story at the bar holding his ice cold beer in a steel claw in a week tops. This is Florida.
Who hangs out in the middle of the NIGHT in a WHOLE lake KNOWING ANYTHING could BOP on you at ANY time broadie...I AIN'T gonna even hold anyone...😑
Swimming in Florida lake at 2am....? C'mon 🖐🏻😂
Swimming in a lake at 2:00am in Florida🤦♀️
@buzz5969
Ай бұрын
Real floridians dont swim in lakes or canals. We know better.😊
I wouldn't trust a puddle of water in Florida.
How do you run from the gator if you are swimming
FL Lake at 2 AM what could go wrong 😮
Be careful of small children and animals. They will follow your boat in some cases.
In.. ..Florida If that water is wet, there's a gator in there
He must be from out of town damn!!!!!! Come down here and think it’s Disney land if you want to 😂😂😂😂 smh
His name was either tyrone, willy or chico.
And the Darwin award goes to.....
Don't swim in lakes!! Go to the freshwater springs if you live too far from the beach. The springs have barriers to keep out wildlife and you won't get amoebas in your brain.
Homeless man 🥺
No water is safe in Florida. Ankle high puddle water is your safest bet.