Only in Florida: Video of HUGE gator in Lakeland goes viral 

mofo moe I said the same thing lol

Well alligators are basicly dinosaurs, there existed dinosaurs during the jurassic time so these guys are basicly walking fossils.

So are turtles

gator's do go back to that era

facts

Nah, it's as close to a dinosaur as a seal is to a pig, distant but still related, really distant, besides you shold say that about a cassowary, they have far more in common

No

Breezy B ........EXACTLY!!!!! Sure is a dinosaur in the 21st century! I'm sure this a slight glimpse of what they looked like during the dinosaur ages

If you call that gator a dinosaur. What was Lolong then?

It’s just your mom stop being so confused of ur birthed.

Exactly

That because these people stupid. 🤷🏻

Not the big ones. They are very slow on the ground. I met a similar one in the Everglades. It was a tourist center, and it was crossing the road just like this one here does. No one panicked, the people running the operation acted like this was something normal. The younger ones can be fast, and you do not want to walk very close to the water, especially if you have your dog with you.

Quote Goodfellas - "he might move slow...but, that's because he don't gotta move for anybody"

These are probably the same idiots that think you should run in a zig-zag from them. Much like water turtles people don't think they're all that quick because they have no reason to waste energy, but when they DO decide to take off, you see just how fast they can be when they want or need to be.

I for sure would not have been lying down on the ground!

Hell when a hurricane us coming we have a hurricane party

And leave with less family members.

Most people hope to see the ice cream man at the park

I live in Florida and can confirm this hahah

This reminds of how Jurassic park started 🤔

Tom Daniel Unless he decides to relocate

It's one of the reasons why I'm leaving.

I live in Florida and I've never even seen a live gator

Good we don't want you in Florida

@@raymondbermudez5660 They are, too. If this is an important issue for anyone, do your homework. They are around Smith Lake in Alabama, for instance. :(

William. H Bonnet lol wow

William. H Bonnet Wally Gator.

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Jo Kerns lavester

aligaytor

lmao

Love from medicals I 63 the

Sam Echols LOLL that was funny!!!!

Bazooka Joe , You know what you’re talking about and they are sheep people. Experiencing the whole thing with their children as if it’s an attraction. If that were my child I would pick them up and run back to the car close and lock the doors and windows.

Sam Echols Hahaha 😂 Lol

I agree with you - it's a risk not worth taking.

You see how they snatch that kid up next to that Disney hotel the parents were walking along the little lake outside the hotel there was even a sign that mentioned alligators but it was a aways from where she was snatched right in front of the parents I don't care I would have ripped that Gators belly open with my teeth to get my child back!

When they're hungry ain't nothing stopping them lol

Florida people know about gators, people from the other 49 states arent as familiar with their capabilities.

Tala, even a relatively small croc or gator can eat a person. When a croc or a gator grabs you - usually by the arm or leg, it immediately goes into what has been termed "a death roll". Assuming it's in water when this occurs, it will immediately roll over and over several times. If you fight back hard enough, you might be lucky enough to merely "lose an arm or lower leg" to the gator or croc before he swims away with your limb now in its mouth. Wanna photo or two? Let me know. I've a few that were taken by a friend of mine who at the time, was working as a game ranger in South Carolina. At a local golf course, a man was wading around in a 2 to 3-foot deep "water hole" (or "trap") trying to find an errant golf ball he had lost, only to discover, to his horror, that right as he bent down to scurry the muddy bottom with his hand, trying to find his ball - AND - all the while ignoring the "watch out for alligator" signs that were posted all over - an 8 to 10-foot gator had been there all along. It grabbed his left arm, did the "death roll", and snapped the man's arm off at the shoulder..!! The man lost his arm. They killed the gator, and got his arm out. But it had been too badly mangled and partially dissolved with stomach acid to save it. Shit happens when you're stupid & you ignore the rules..!!

Yea that's what I thought too, because you see alligators and crocodiles don't die by age

@@noeludeh9056 Neither do lobsters in their natural environment, as long as they don't get sick or killed by a predator.

I put him/her at 150

@Danny DeVito's Magnum Dong exactly but unlike lobsters an alligator of that size would have no predators besides humans so it could live longer.

He or she needs to live people need to leave it alone it's been there long before their stupid park !!!! But no rotten ass people will either move the gator or kill it just to protect their own send selfish lives

*they're just nasty

Don't forget bigfoot too.

Terrifying? Statistically for someone it is much more likely to be randomly attacked by florida man than florida alligator. Yet we don't seem to worry when seeing a florida man walking down the road.

Deer are more dangerous than alligators.

how about Australia ?

That sounds about right

Lmao

He's just glad he got it on camera for the Life Insurance company.

Are you kidding me wow

Right🤣🤣🤣

Emi potato*

Too dumb to bring a good camera, and too dumb to keep their kids safe. Alligators can outrun adults. They are all too close!

president trump

Emi Hahahahahahahahaha you made me spill my drink! Cheers to you!

Erick Palacios n lmom

is it safe to kayak around gators?

Lol it isn't really safe here in any body of water

@@scotthilberg8894 Yes it is, I kayak in a plastic pirogue like canoe from 2002-2013 in almost every canal south of HWY70 and most waterways in SW and SE Florida , and never once been attacked, bitten, or chased by a gator. Yo know why? I left them alone.

​@@scotthilberg8894not at all

​@@kfelix2934they wasn't hungry😂

Lmao

Typical Floridians aka DUMB ASS! smh!

Patrick Maloney Lol

And while they are busy laying there on the ground taking photos of that one crawling across the path, another one walks up behind them, and that's all folks... Also, people oft times underestimate just how quickly a gator can move when they want to.

Patrick Maloney lmao

John Lee yeah but for a short distance tho they give up really quickly

I've seen some pissed off mama gators that would make a pretty swift charge and scare the crap out of you! Those folks were closer than I like.

not really actually, smaller gators run very fast but this one looks pretty old and he's huge, the max speed he can probably run is 7-10 miles per hour while the average human running at 12 miles per hour

I have never clocked one, but one ate my dog in Arcadia, Florida and I have been approached by several on the Loxahatchee river. My advice is to stay back farther than you think. Good luck with your alligator hunting! Be careful not to trip when running 12 miles per hour fully clothed in your boots.

Even the ducks here are mean and vicious. I came near a duck once and almost lost an eye or two.

Op ed; and hide. Run and hide, for now.

@Shattered Dreams xD

He is going out for Chinese !

"Wassup, sluts."

I read that in Joey tribbiani voice

"Suh dude"

Alligators: "perfect spot to build a buffet"

@Jason B. I just don't understand how there can be so many Floridians under the circumstances. By the way I love Florida. I just keep an eye out for the wildlife (no not the spring breakers).

@Jason B. Problem is that deer (in GA) won't eat you. (I don't think) I still LOVE Florida in spite of the "hazards".

it's not really a park but more like a nature preserve. more of a go at your own risk type thing.

@Jason B. wonder if we've crossed paths, I go there all the time too! got charged at by an angry momma gator there the other day so I've been wary about going back for the rest of mating season! 😅

I have seen them down there through the grates. One that I saw was said to have been trapped down there for 12 years. The exit to a retention pond was blocked by large and heavy tree limbs. He was a big one and I gave him some chicken that I was having for lunch.

bruh 😂😂😂

Post a photo of yourself with that comment😂😂😂😂😂😂

Payam yazdi 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Im spent, best comment ever

Exactly 💯

These are alligators, not crocodiles. Normally they do not attack or “eat” people.

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@@pawelpap9 Ah thats why he was smiling in that friendly way.

Some old farm kid probably had him as a pet in 1950. That’s interesting.

It's Florida. Common sense ain't all that common down there.

Tuning in from Rocky Mountains- I have never even seen a live alligator ! But Sasquatch is real !

And bring the children the next day? Wtf

Right…..

Puzzies🍇

Yes!

You mean Lake Placid.

Actually, some crocodile are longer than the longest great white sharks ! But not the alligator who's one of the smallest crocodile alive today.

Thomas Matteo Except the gator is the good guy!

But he's not angry he's just taking a little walk :P

Photoshop?

Haha

Lol...Exactly!Then when eats one of their Lil ass they’ll put him down for being what nature made him to be...A predator.Smh

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Exactly my thought 💭 why go see a beast??

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Hopefully you get ur breath back.

These animals are quite common in this region, which coincidentally is swampy. Some say they appear in the summer, so if you live in a Florida mansion, you might be surprised to see an alligator lounging in your pool or strolling through your grass.

I'm from Louisiana too Michael....What city? If I may ask? Have a glorious evening! ❤

@@RSMR7.I’m from baton rouge. Wbu?

People think that wild animals are safe. What can you say except....play stupid games win stupid prizes

Lol... You know some people just don't have that right?

Quit making up stories guy, I’ve lived in this area 34 years and know that never happened.

Freshy Jones..research it in Orlando Sentinel..approx 30-35 yrs ago. It was on evening news. Happened in lake at some condos in or near Orlando.

They whip their prey with their tail then come back around with the mouth lightning fast to gobble up the meal. Lived in Florida for 18 years around 2005 two women got eaten in separate incidents in the Tampa area during the gator mating season. One was a jogger near a lake and one had her feet in the water. You think I'm making that up, let your fingers do the googling and be careful around bodies of fresh water in Florida especially during their mating season when they get ornery.

lmao hed jump on his back

@Mike B no shit, everyone knows that

And The gator would love him, too. Love to eat him.

wiiliamhamilton147 Are you stupid? This wouldn’t be the first gator Steve Irwin would deal with.

Irwin would be in a death roll with the alligator while describing the death roll to the audience.

she would still probably say "look at this amazing creature"

And the gator runs away after seeing the lady bite her husband's arm and rolling.

Lmaooo oh shit

Hahahaha!!!

No frr if I ever see one the gator would be dead 💀 I ain’t taking no chances 😂

The state of Florida should remove that Godzilla for Christ Sake. When he kills somebody, then the state will act fast.

Are you from Florida? That’s a wildlife park and alligators don’t attack unless provoked so don’t give input you’re not sure on...

Panic! at the Forehead how many times have people been attacked by an animal that “never has attacked anyone or showed aggression” 🤦🏽‍♀️ anything with teeth can attack y’all are so damn slow.

You know how many people have actually been attacked in the last 20/30 years? And from that, died from it? Not a lot. There’s been more shark attacks than alligator attacks. Yes anything can be dangerous but alligators are not going to attack just anything they see.

Michael Gregory They really don’t care much about people unless you provoke them.

Saddlecreek Park has an old gator thats almost as big! :)

Biggest gator I ever saw was in the Jacksonville Zoo in the 70s. Way bigger than the one in the vid. Barely ever moved.

@@ambriadaniels8786 hell yea love that park on memorial

lets not talk about Gods excrement

Lauren- ?

they have life insurance on the kids i bet

Hey honey I’ve got even better idea let’s put the kids on his back it will be a great picture

@@cwrmark haha....like riding on a horse....

yeah me 2.thats why i live in texas and southern california

We have black bears

The U.K seems a really cool & safe place to live sometimes.

I take the gators over the bears any day. Don't get me wrong I hate florida but gators usually don't go out of their way to kill ppl...

Just stay back 20 feet and they won't bother you. Heck, most of the time if you walk towards them they will run away.

Gretta Clarkson lol try walking up to our Salt water crocs in Australia they could easily kill this alligator 😂

Blue Husky theres an obvious difference between alligators and crocodiles. Not only their temperment but also size and what they prey on. Alligators eat fish, nile crocodiles eat people. Gustave has killed 300+ people around his lake and rivers... and is still out there.

Rawhead Rex Salt Water Crocs kill people alot and this alligator could easily get killed by our Salt Water Crocs

Salt water crocodiles dont kill nearly as many people as nile crocodiles. Literally Hunderds are taken every year compared to a dozen or so a year in australia. The only animal in the world to top the nile crocodile in human deaths is the mosquito.

Rawhead Rex it's actually really common for people to get killed by salt water crocs

Yeah, a gator will typically only bother you if you bothered it first. Why should something like that eat a measly human when it could easily take down a deer? Or another alligator for that matter.

RaidersACDC 489 amazing!! 🐊🐊🐊

RaidersACDC 489 It won’t bother u unless u go in the water or get close to it. Otherwise it won’t bother you. Unless it’s and aggressive one, and yes they do exist😂

RaidersACDC If that were a saltwater croc that family would've been eaten in eaten in seconds

What happens if u approach to pet that big guy

They say Louisiana has more gators than Florida. They are present throughout the Southeast of the country, and attacks on humans are pretty rare. Of course, there are hurricanes to contend with too, and many other potential hazards and deadly animals. It is an exciting and interesting place to live. I had more near-death experiences in the Colorado foothills where I lived for ten years. I'm happy to be back in Florida.

larkyleroy lmao, right

It's not growing on him, and it's not moss. There is algae growing in the water, forming a thin layer on the surface. When he came out of the water the algae stayed on him. It would be the same if you dipped your hand in the water, it would stick to your hand too.

Restarted? maybe you should restart your brain! hahahaha

larkyleroy that's call duckweed

what did the gator do to you they were here first

jmms429 seems the best way to dispose of antifa fascists 😂

stubones fook off TRUMP trash

@@nativelatinosfooktrump5348 trump trash? Stop being a child and be a decent person. If you don't like a.erican first policies you can leave America. It's that simple. Just because you don't agree with his policies doesn't mean everyone who does is trash.

@@stubones see they aren't fascists they are Marxist communist in disguise.

@@stubones Why the hell do people like you feel the need to bring up politics in a video about gators?

alright Karen, calm down

An alligator can certainly book it if it “feels inspired”...by a toddler in pink clothes and bouncy pigtails, no doubt. Are there any missing children or elderly in that region?

Lol

EXACTLY. Alligators be like, it's all good til it isn't.

American’s 🤦🏻‍♀️

Many a-miles I’ve traveled, a thousand miles or so, But I never saw a gator such big as this before!

bang goes the evolution theory .... again

I’m with u on the distance On RU-vid to be precise

You must not have grown up in FL. I grew up on a lake with gators, it's just the norm here. No big deal. Gators are beautiful animals.

I was thinking the same thing lol but yea I guess it's different since I'm from California and it's normal to see Bears here but not gators I'm so scare of gators

I've from Ohio and I love seeing a ligature whenever I'm in florida

Bell Torres gators are considered to be rather calm, and taking no real interest in humans. If you want something to run away from, I'd recommend saltwater or nile crocs. Those two tend to be aggressive, and don't mind making a snack out of humans

till they are hungry....

Brenda Lopez Yes tell me about it that’s a true statement

That nigga was here before tha ming dynasty

Yours is comin soon too Bren

He’s 17 feet if you count his sack.

All d Lopez's I know age the same way 🤣🤣🤣🤣

So? He would be a amazing babysitter

Tuning in from Rocky Mountains- I have never even seen a live alligator ! But Sasquatch is real !

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Exactly

@@jaxon.minecraft6715 do you mean babyEATER?

Im pretty sure some Bodybuilder must have dumped his crate of anabolics in the swamp when this gator was around.

Anthony Lenczowski he actually looks like Scp 682

True true

Shit

lol :-)

Maybe his high or just have scp 999 in his mouth. He's too calm and it's pretty bizarre. MTF please stand by

Sara Mcgaha I think I’ll start locking my door at night

Sara Mcgaha those swamp cats surely are cute :3

@@Weigazod * dogs

@@adrianabundiz148 Caimans are dog but gators are kitties. Change my mind.

@@Weigazod gators are bigger than caimans and so are dogs to kittens,thus gators are dogs and caimans are kittens

If there was something to rob off the gator, i would imagine there would be.

Wow. Spoken like a Bama. An uneducated one at that.

Donald Goines #StuffWhitePeopleLike

Damn nature! You scary

Donald Goines sho ain't we are scary I would've been gone

Lmao so true

hahahahaha thanks I think?............. and how is calling someone a jew bad?

101jumpergirl101 youre welcome. and I have no idea, but people sure take offense to it.

Molon Labe hahaha true, I mean I'm personally not Jewish but have friends who are and I think the reason people take offense is not that you're calling them Jewish is the way you're saying it, and you weren't calling me those names correct?

101jumpergirl101 no I wasn't directing those words at you, but they are holstered for any situation ;)

hahahaha ok good, and so true!!! ;P

britton coil I’ve been to the dmv and that’s no lie

But more pleasant I am sure.

Faster than that

Fuuuuuck I live in Sacramento and they be like that too 😂

brenda, every area has something. Gators feed just before the sun comes up and just before it goes down. Unless its breeding season they are fine but nothing I would get too close to.

Brenda Matthews man fuck that gator, id still move to the sunshine state.....WITH A GUN, just incase we cross paths and he tries some shit.

Jason, you get caught shooting a gator and you will also receive a heavy fine. They are protected except for once a year and even then there are only so many gators that can be hunted and you have to be on the list to hunt them

Why? They won't hurt you, unless you want to live in a swamp.

You don't have to live in a swamp to see a gator. I had one take its tail and swing itself over my 6 ft stockade fence and it got in my pool. I had to call wildlife to come and get it out and I dont live in a swamp. On another street from me is a little canal with water in it and it was breeding season so the bigger ones kicked this 4 footer out and it went down my street searching for water and found my pool.

ATHAR KAZI 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

funniest fuccn comment I’ve seen on RU-vid 😂😂

They are survivors from that prehistoric era indeed.

@The Floridian Gent Deinosuchus was a giant species of gator that existed with the dinosaurs so your statement is false.

@@simpsonsfan8996 it's a joke, dumbass

@@cease_requiem6034 Gharials are also part of the family Alligatoroidea. Which technically classifies Deinosuchus as a species of gator. Just not an American Alligator. So both Purussaurus and Deinosuchus were giant species of Gators.

@@simpsonsfan8996 no, Gharials aren't alligatoridae, Gharials are Gavialidae.

It probably get’s enough to eat that it doesn’t need to attack. Also him being so big, he probably uses a shit ton of energy and get’s tired fast which is gonna make him even less likely to attack if he’s full. Little gators are usually the ones that are real pricks.

It's easy to look calm when you're at the top of the food chain

@@ilysebell7074 nah alligators normally don’t look or aren’t this calm to where humans can get that close especially being we can’t out run them and if he decided to attack could’ve very easily and the people that close would’ve been attacked or killed by any alligator yet alone this alligator

Yea because he probably just ate someone's Golden Retriever

@@bubbles7398 yea, you def haven't been around that many gators than. most all gators are chill, they don't just charge you unless you being stupid and fuckin with one, in a similar way you don't get beat up if you don't fuck with random dudes on the street

At least the alligator won't chew it's way into your attic.

@ "Chu doin with ma nuts holmes" "Storin them for winter, fuck chu mean ese"

And also get eaten by one.

salt water crocs are bigger

@@brettrobertson2538 that’s a whole different species tho

@@pancakesnwaffles8767 the scariest creature on earth in my opinion

​@@brettrobertson2538 gators can get to 22ft in length.

@@ronaldstubbs9450 The largest alligator officially recorded in Florida was 17 ft 5 in while the largest on record was 19 ft 3 in recorded in Louisiana.