I admit it, I'm dumb about alligators.

[Gothmog]

4. I have stayed at the Grand before and had dinner there a month or so ago

The Grand is the last hotel on the monorail before the Magic Kingdom and there is some undeveloped land and a canal where they store the boats for the light show on the water. The main beach is away from this area but the family could have been at the area near the boat docks which is closer to the undeveloped area. There is a little island that is not too far from the beach which could be a resting place for alligators.

Disney captures any alligators or other fauna that gets too close to the resort areas. You hear reports of this from time to time.

The Grand is the most expensive hotel on property and I am shocked that this happened.

I live in Texas and we see gators all of the time. There is a state park about 15 miles from my house that has a ton of gators and both my son's boy scout troop and my daughter's girl scout troop have camped there. You do not want to be camping there in May because that is the mating season and the gators are really noisy during this period.

We had a gator in one of the nearby subdivisions a month or so ago and another gator was captured in the parking lot of a shopping center. The recent floods no doubt cause some of this.

You can not bring dogs to this park except on a leash and they can not stay out overnight if you camp. A gator can out run a man for about ten to 25 feet and so you keep your distance.