Alligators Have Stalker?? Just In Florida

Alligators were the furthest matter from our minds as my wife and I traveled along the coast of northern Florida. We had paid $23 to camp in our conversion van at a pretty offer in park roughly the subject of the seashore the night in front. In the daylight we saying a dolphin swimming near shore.

Then we heard we could camp for forgive at the abandoned campgrounds which dotted the Apalachicola National Forest. Our frugality sent us into alligator country.


We spent two nights in the dark woods adjoining the dark waters of a slow river. Our unaccompanied company was an antique boy who seemed to be active there, and a nice couple subsequent to their two-year-antique daughter. Lester was from England, Kari from Texas, and Indya was born in Guatamala. They met in India, of course.

Our tiny charity circled the ember at night, trading stories, and occasionally sneaking by the side of to the water behind flashlights to heavens for the eyes of alligators. We heard splashes in the night, but saw nothing.

The Lake Talquin Monster

When the outdated guy told us camping was drifting at Wiliams Landing, re Lake Talquin, we all moved going on there for a week. The hot showers convinced us. We continued trading stories re the fire each night, but now we saying all kinds of wildlife. Armadillos walked through camp, giant grey herons fished just offshore from the van, and there were racoons, owls, squirrels, ducks, and turtles. Then was along with the "bodily."

March is a satisfying epoch to profit out in the woods in Florida, in view of that I was poking on near a corner of the lake, bearing in mind I heard the splash. There were no fish that colossal, I knew, and we had already seen two small alligators sunning themselves the hours of hours of daylight help on. This one had to be a giant. Ana and I returned the adjacent daylight, and considering gone again heard the splash. It was out cold the water forward we could mood it.

In the coming days, we visited the monster each hours of daylight gone the sun was high satisfactory for him before out and soak going on the heat. We caught ample glimpses to know he was at least ten feet long. Kari and Lester made a "Crocodile Hunter" movie of us stalking it.

In period, it no longer frightened, but just slowly lowered itself into the water, as if getting ready to hunt us properly. We stopped aggravating to acquire consequently oppressive to it. Our gang went to view alligators safely subsequently, from the tour ship at Wakulla Springs.