Buckimion
Purple Heart Park Commando
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Thanksgiving week 2004, we went to Blue Springs State Park North of Orlando to take a break from the crowds to see if we could spot manatees. Theres a boardwalk trail along the St. Johns river with occasional docks / observation decks over the river. We'd spotted some large purple fish just off one and I was teasing the wife to dangle her fingers down and see of they'd come up like carp. While she was thinking it over, a (3 ft.) gator came out from under the dock right below our feet! That killed ANY thought of sticking anything in the water.
We later saw 2 others about the same size. Wife was warning some people in a canoe and they just laughed....they saw even bigger ones further downriver. Wife was NOT happy to find out the swimming area was in the same river. (A fenced off area.) A park ranger didn't help much when he told her the gators >almost< never came that far upstream
We later saw 2 others about the same size. Wife was warning some people in a canoe and they just laughed....they saw even bigger ones further downriver. Wife was NOT happy to find out the swimming area was in the same river. (A fenced off area.) A park ranger didn't help much when he told her the gators >almost< never came that far upstream