A person died looking for Frisbees in a lake at a disc golf course the place individuals are warned by indicators to watch out for alligators, police in Florida have mentioned.
The unidentified man was on the lookout for flying discs within the water and “a gator was concerned”, the Largo police division mentioned in an e-mail on Tuesday.
The person who died was 47 years previous, the Florida fish and wildlife conservation fee mentioned in an e-mail. The fee mentioned a contracted specialist was working to take away an alligator from the lake “and efforts might be made to find out if it was concerned on this scenario”.
The park’s web site notes that patrons can “uncover the game of disc golf on a course set within the pure great thing about this park”. The course is ready alongside the lake, which has no-swimming indicators posted alongside it.
Individuals who frequent the disc course mentioned it was commonplace for somebody to search for misplaced discs that could possibly be offered for just a few dollars.
“These are folks which can be down on their luck,” Ken Hostnick, 56, informed the Tampa Bay Occasions. “Generally they dive within the lakes, they’ll pull out 40 discs. It's possible you'll promote them for 5 bucks a bit, and it's possible you'll promote them for 10 bucks a bit, relying on the standard.”
Police are telling folks to keep away from the lake whereas the investigation continues.
Alligators are discovered virtually in all places in Florida the place there's water. The wildlife fee says there have been no deadly alligator assaults in Florida since 2019, though folks and animals have been bitten from now and again.
Wildlife officers stress that nobody ought to strategy a wild alligator or feed them, as a result of the reptiles then affiliate folks with meals. This may be extra problematic in populated areas reminiscent of condo complexes the place folks stroll canines and have babies.
Alligators had been as soon as thought-about endangered animals in Florida however have since flourished. They feed primarily on fish, turtles, snakes, and small mammals. Nonetheless, they're also referred to as opportunistic predators that may eat absolutely anything that comes their method, together with carrion and pets. Alligators haven't any pure predators within the wild.
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