Survival of the Fittest
A popular Orange County, Fla., swimming hole, complete with a roped-off area and lifeguards, may be closed after a 10-year-old girl swimming there was attacked by an alligator. The alligator simply swam under the rope into the swimming area. The girl survived, but the gator was killed; it measured 8ft 9in (2.6m) long. Not everyone is in favor of closing the county park’s swimming hole, which is on Lake Mary Jane. “I mean, if the county wants to open a park in a place where the alligators have lived, I guess personally that’s our decision to come here and decide to swim,” said Dustin Benton, who wanted to swim, but couldn’t since the lake was closed until the county made up its mind. (RC/WKMG Orlando) ...Sounds like he’s recreating with a different kind of Mary Jane.Original Publication Date: 04 June 2017
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 23.
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