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A fatal bear attack Monday followed by a fatal gator attack yesterday here in FL
The bear attack was the first fatality in FL history. The gator attack, not so much. The fatal attack occurred in Lake Kissimmee. Another attack in nearly the same area occurred several weeks ago to a Texas woman in a kayak. She either had her arm bitten off at the elbow or was bit in the elbow depending on the story you read.
Lake Kissimmee is the headwaters of the Everglades and is teeming with gators. I've been there on airboats several times but never in my kayak. I had a very, very close encounter with a 10-footer last month in a lake I kayak in almost daily. Pretty sure he wanted to mate with my yak. Luckily, the sight of me scared him more than he scared me! Mating season ends in June and the kayak is drydocked until then
A 50-60 year old in Lake Kissimmee ....
