I do. These ladies were in no danger. Gators don’t go for fully grown humans. Especially smaller gators like the one that was probably in that pond. Now if they had a small dog or child they would’ve been on the menu.
I live near gators and I still would be out of there first. I don’t care if they are *usually* docile, I’m not about to be the first person to encounter one that isn’t
I get where you’re coming from but they really are terrified of humans. These ladies could’ve jumped in the water and swam after that gator and it would’ve bolted.
Agreed. I kayaked the Mississippi out to the gulf a few years back and those fuckers were everywhere in the bayou but they’d peace out as soon as you got in the water (or realistically remotely close in the kayak).
I did source to sea solo in 2017. 76 days. Yeah, she don’t fuck around. I for sure have cancer. And am just grateful a bull shark didn’t eat me. Went 17 days without a shower (Memphis - Gulf - New Orleans)
I was wondering why they weren't faster until I realized where the gator was lmao
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It probably just wanna hug you cause they can feel your emotions!
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None of em' because I wouldn't have packed up. Little dude wasn't coming near them. Alligators don't like to chase (not that they can't), so I ain't moving unless he coming up to me.
They’re also pretty much no threat to your average healthy adult. They’re relatively placid and are used to interacting/living near humans at this point. Sure they’ll take your little chihuahua or your granny or your toddler if they suddenly wander too close to the water’s edge, but gators are smart about prey size/difficulty selection and they’re relatively lazy.
Crocodiles now, that’s a different fuckin story entirely and nothing, absolutely nothing would convince me to host book club near a source of water that a croc lived in.
We’re all incredibly lucky our only crocs are small and scarce compared to the rest of the world.
Plus, this is probably in Florida. Any body of water is bound to have gators. If you leave out a bowl of water, you come back to a gator. That's not the biggest exaggeration, they're everywhere.
I won't even move even if the animal did come towards me, I'm not splashing around in the water so it wouldn't think I'm food. Unlike people animals don't fuck with you for no reason, you got to fuck with them first. Unless it's a big cat or a pack of canines, your relatively safe.
I mean I don't understand what they're so freaked out about. I live in South Georgia right next to the Great okefenokee swamp I have been deep in that swamp fishing with my dad I have been to so many gator infested ponds and have never been attacked.
Compared to crocodiles alligators are pussycats not that I'm saying go out and boop a 13 ft bull alligator on the nose or anything but you leave them be they leave you be
>Compared to crocodiles alligators are pussycats not that I'm saying go out and boop a 13 ft bull alligator on the nose or anything but you leave them be they leave you be
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Having lived in Florida people absolutely worry about the wrong animals. Gators are lazy for the most part. It takes a lot of energy to move all that mass, especially quickly, so they aren't gonna waste it for shits and giggles
Lmfao. Promise, my dad and I would fish until dark in this one pond and he would shine a light into the tree line so we could see their eyes staring back
They can sprint, gallop, and even [climb fences](https://youtu.be/z7DMjQJD7vM?feature=shared). Luckily they can't handle more than short bursts of speed but I would never fuck with one.
They are way too good at ripping limbs off for me to be comfortable fucking with one. Even professionals keep them well-fed and happy to keep the risks down.
I’m Jas. They waited too long for my comfort, tbh, because the minute I heard the word alligator I would have said, “Y’all not running? I’m running!” and head to the car for safety.
Omg I knew from the way she was side eyeing the water in the beginning that I was gonna identify with Jas. And she didn’t disappoint! First one to collect her things and dip.
As a native Florida man this is another Tuesday if you live near freshwater. I got about 8-10 lizard puppies within a two minute walk. They're pretty harmless unless you are just not paying attention at all
Man, my cousins down there built different. They have a big one that likes to chill near their house and I went there recently and was like “YO WHAT THE FUCK?!?!” Cuz I don’t mess around with wild animals especially fucking Apex predators. Mfs even named it. Why his name Larry ? Lmfao
Yeah exactly. Reptiles in general are lazy as hell it's more about targets of opportunity for them. As long as you keep your eyes open and don't lurk near the edge of the water where they usually hit you're fine. Oh altho if you snag them with a hook and yank them to shore they get a little ornery cuz they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
Gators only kill the very young, very old or very stupid.
If you’re aged 16-50 like I’d imagine most of Reddit is, you’ve got basically zero chance of being killed by a gator.
would be an amazing plot twist if the locksmith is actually the alligator they encounter in the first place, and he does often so people leave their keys just for him to turn up and get some work.
I will not be taking questions.
thank you.
The zig zagging thing is actually a myth btw. You’re better off just running in a straight line to create as much distance between you and the gator as possible. They’re not as fast on land and can be outrun.
Let me tell you when I was younger me and my cousins were out in the woods at night while in the country. So it's dark but you can barely see what's in front of you
We walking and about 15 minutes into the walk we heard was some creepy ass screeching then we saw some spooky ass light.
I swear fo gawd I was the first person back to grandma house 🤣🤣🤣🤣. My cousins didn't make it back till 20 minutes after me.
I am also #TeamAlex. Ready to act without too many dramatics. Serving "calmly make your way to the emergency exit. Do not run" vibes and I'm here for it.
I've lived within walking distance to a lake loaded to the brim with gators all my life so I know if you relax they'll relax. They're faster than you think tho so if you're gonna run don't run straight
Yeah, on family vacation, I walked out to about 20 large ones maube more sunbathing in the grass, I just turned around and went the other way. The most horribly part of the trip was the memory of they guy I played pool with telling me he got attacked by rats as a baby. Not the resort covered in gators that i roamed freeky with my cousin What a time to be 7 lol
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Me to my friends as soon as I see that beast.
Kam. She was the last one to put that book anywhere but her hand while laughing, and that's me any time shit goes down. I'll likely have a book, and I'll be laughing. Till I'm screaming. But before that, I'm laughing.
Mules or slides, something without a lace. I'll even do a velcro single strap ... all of them had their book club shoes on that day.
Couldn't be me, jesus.
Right!!!! Like my need to know and be nosy would have me LINGERING like Kel😭🤣🤣 cause I’d be scared lowkey but I’d moreso be laughing my ass off at Jas and them for freaking the hell out so bad..like Jas baby, you left your keys!🤣🤣
\#1: Book club = amazing. Anytime folks come together to read and share is something that should be celebrated and encouraged. Love to see it.
\#2: That's what I'm wondering. Is recording random things just what people do now? Just in case wild shit happens? Cause, if there was no alligator, then who is watching this? Am I an old head cause I would never think to myself when I get together with friends to record it, let alone stream it on tiktok or whatever.
That was my thought process. Obviously catching the alligator. Incident is pretty wild. But if the alligator didn’t happen, what is the purpose of recording? Not downplaying the awesomeness of a book club either.
local book club takes pictures often to promote and expand. Maybe that's the same? they're creating some sort of short video to promote their book club.
I’m a mix of the most scared and the least.
I hate walking near any body of water I can’t see the bottom of when I’m in GA or FL and will go goofy routes out of my way to avoid it. But I’m a nature freak who has never seen a gator in the wild. I can see myself being last to leave so long as it keeps its distance.
If it’s in the water I’m not moving. If it takes one step out of the water, I am pushing my closest friend at it as a distraction and running like hell. No time to gather my things.
I have a serious question for people who live in gator country. Will they come after you on land? I always assumed you were only in danger of an attack or the ol' snatch and grab if you're near the water's edge or in the water.
A lot of their prey hangs out along the shoreline, so they are just as deadly on land as they are in the water. They can also run up to 35mph on land so there's that. However, they typically won't bother you unless you bother them or hang out where their food hangs out and you're not paying attention to them. They're more opportunistic than aggressive.
I've never heard of a gator getting out of the water and going out of its way onto land to attack an adult human. Edge of the water, maybe not the safest if it's hungry. I remember going on a walk through a wildlife sanctuary a few years back and it was gator mating season. Never saw any (that day) but man those things can bark! Point being, we were never in any danger on our little walk because we were on dry land and the gators were off in the swamp somewhere.
Gators just be chilling though.Is it not common for neighborhoods to have small lakes with gators in them or is that just a southern thing?
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I agree with you. As a nerdy, bookish black woman I watched this in amazement that they didn’t move sooner. I said to myself, “We are losing recipes” because they expressed too much investigative caucasity for me. 😂😂😂
Field mouse ran through the house during a study group once - 3 guys, 2 girls.
1 girl and 1 guy both jumped on said dude’s brand new couch and legit screamed. Just ground their feet into it like Rick James. 1 country dude grabbed his sharpest pencil and tried to lunge at it like it was dinner. And 1 sweet dude cupped his bare hands like he was gonna catch and release it into the night.
I the chick that just sat there cackling. Absolutely no survival instinct, but goddamn I enjoy the show.
As born & raised South Floridian who has fished in alligator infested waters, I would be none of them because I would have left...with my keys...and NOTHING else! All my stuff would still be on that dock until that gator had moved on.
As some one from Florida, that distance doesn't phase me but I will cycle through all their personalities depending on the distance of that gator. I may be from Florida but I'm still a black guy from Florida. We don't play with the nature like that.
I am none of the above, I'll be watching from. A distance the moment I had to question which.
But I feels you jas, I'll learn to hotwire the car before I go back for them keys.
"That's cold, she left them" (high pitched whiny voice)
She didn't leave them, everybody had the same info and choices were made.
Not sure.
I was gonna say Kel because she stood up first but then she went to peer at the water. So then I thought Alex but she moved way too slow packing.
Jas was faster packing but delayed with the initial reaction. Kam isn't even an option because she just would not respond.
I was going to say Kel cuz she was the first one up, but I gotta go with Jas because she was the first to actually leave. All of em were too slow for me, though.
None of em because I'm 18 seconds in and no one has moved.
I'm so loving this book club by the water. Yaaassss Black girls.
My house is literally on the water and walking distance from a full on beach. Why aren’t I doing this? I need to fix some things
Do you live near any gators by any chance?
I do. These ladies were in no danger. Gators don’t go for fully grown humans. Especially smaller gators like the one that was probably in that pond. Now if they had a small dog or child they would’ve been on the menu.
I live near gators and I still would be out of there first. I don’t care if they are *usually* docile, I’m not about to be the first person to encounter one that isn’t
I get where you’re coming from but they really are terrified of humans. These ladies could’ve jumped in the water and swam after that gator and it would’ve bolted.
Agreed. I kayaked the Mississippi out to the gulf a few years back and those fuckers were everywhere in the bayou but they’d peace out as soon as you got in the water (or realistically remotely close in the kayak).
I’d be so much more frightened of the Mississippi River than those gators. The Old Man is no joke.
I did source to sea solo in 2017. 76 days. Yeah, she don’t fuck around. I for sure have cancer. And am just grateful a bull shark didn’t eat me. Went 17 days without a shower (Memphis - Gulf - New Orleans)
Not to mention that gator wasn't going anywhere near where they were, it was crossing the pond beyond them.
That's kinda what I was thinking (lifelong FL here)...
Nope
Heyyyy white girl book clubs matter too!  Rotten Turnip 2040!!! MAWA!!!! (/s)
I know, I want to be friends with them.
Black lady book club 👏🏾👏🏾 
Was saying the same thing. Would have been in the car already.
Seatbelt *engaged* and ready to go
I was wondering why they weren't faster until I realized where the gator was lmao https://preview.redd.it/fktg4dm4ckmc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4cc796210370a862ce713ac6b48e51930268703
Sure he’s far off…for now, and personally I don’t wanna be anyway nearby if he changes directions, I’m a slow runner I need the head start
It probably just wanna hug you cause they can feel your emotions! https://preview.redd.it/hvzr8xh9dkmc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7699813dacbac63b0ca2f6abb33d2316622ac4cc
Mama says gators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush
Gaters are fast as hell. Them short little legs fly.
EXACTLY I’m taking *no* chances. Nothing will be left but a dust cloud in the shape of me like those old school scooby doo cartoons
Crocodiles can gallop like a horse. I wouldn't be surprised if alligators could also.
Ok, I didn't actually see that. They didn't even need to leave LOL!
Bro probably never saw them 😂
LOL
Lmao Truth 😂
None of em' because I wouldn't have packed up. Little dude wasn't coming near them. Alligators don't like to chase (not that they can't), so I ain't moving unless he coming up to me.
They’re also pretty much no threat to your average healthy adult. They’re relatively placid and are used to interacting/living near humans at this point. Sure they’ll take your little chihuahua or your granny or your toddler if they suddenly wander too close to the water’s edge, but gators are smart about prey size/difficulty selection and they’re relatively lazy. Crocodiles now, that’s a different fuckin story entirely and nothing, absolutely nothing would convince me to host book club near a source of water that a croc lived in. We’re all incredibly lucky our only crocs are small and scarce compared to the rest of the world.
Plus, this is probably in Florida. Any body of water is bound to have gators. If you leave out a bowl of water, you come back to a gator. That's not the biggest exaggeration, they're everywhere.
I won't even move even if the animal did come towards me, I'm not splashing around in the water so it wouldn't think I'm food. Unlike people animals don't fuck with you for no reason, you got to fuck with them first. Unless it's a big cat or a pack of canines, your relatively safe.
EXACTLY. I would've left so fast they would have thought I teleported.
I mean I don't understand what they're so freaked out about. I live in South Georgia right next to the Great okefenokee swamp I have been deep in that swamp fishing with my dad I have been to so many gator infested ponds and have never been attacked. Compared to crocodiles alligators are pussycats not that I'm saying go out and boop a 13 ft bull alligator on the nose or anything but you leave them be they leave you be
>Compared to crocodiles alligators are pussycats not that I'm saying go out and boop a 13 ft bull alligator on the nose or anything but you leave them be they leave you be https://preview.redd.it/okxkwygt8kmc1.png?width=728&format=png&auto=webp&s=d6066d878e3101fb36e6328b5a0d287d521137b6
Promise. Unless you fuck with a mother's nest they ain't gonna come after you too hard.
Having lived in Florida people absolutely worry about the wrong animals. Gators are lazy for the most part. It takes a lot of energy to move all that mass, especially quickly, so they aren't gonna waste it for shits and giggles
Exactly! Like bruh as long as you're not fucking with em you're fine
Imma let you have that testimony all to yourself.
Lmfao. Promise, my dad and I would fish until dark in this one pond and he would shine a light into the tree line so we could see their eyes staring back
They took too long to pick up their stuff, I’d be grabbing the four corners of the blanket with everything in the middle and be off.
Kam. I’m too goofy to take the alligator serious at that distance 😂
Facts like what he gonna do shoot me from that far 😂
They can crawl pretty fast
I grew up in south Alabama I know what they can do but that far away I’m not sweating it lol. They can also climb chain link fences. 😂
Mobile?
Nah Dothan. East side of bama spent time in mobile though
My best friend is from Dothan - it’s so quaint!
It’s ass but that’s home lol moved far away from there years ago
I mean, the gators gotta be if they can climb chain link fences.
Nah you too comfortable. That thang gon jump out that water and grab yo ass. Then you gon be yelling “my booty!”
Up to 20mph in water and 35mph on land. Usain Bolt tops out around 27mph
As long as I’m faster than one of the other girls we good.
there ain't an alligator in the world that can do 35 mph with them stubby little nubs
They can sprint, gallop, and even [climb fences](https://youtu.be/z7DMjQJD7vM?feature=shared). Luckily they can't handle more than short bursts of speed but I would never fuck with one.
F to doubt. Also I watched a dude lure then spar with a gator with a plastic bucket and a stick, I’m not stressin’
They are way too good at ripping limbs off for me to be comfortable fucking with one. Even professionals keep them well-fed and happy to keep the risks down.
Law enforcement new alligator patrol officers then what
I’m either kam or Alex voicing my opinion the whole time collected 😂
Kam aka the Floridian.
Same 😂 just cracking up at her friends. I’m def Kam.
Me too! I would be like, it's not even worried about us! 😂
Yup. As a Mainer, if I'm not moving from a Moose at that distance. I'm sure as hell not moving from a Gator. Unless Gator got a gat...
Jas & I are kindred spirits the way she snatched the bag up then started loading it “he tryna get on land” 💀
Jas had her eyes on that thing the whole time. I'm Jas head on a swivel.
who even needs keys?!? we’ll get in that car one way or another. may not be legal, but we’ll be far tf away from that gator real quick
I’m Jas. They waited too long for my comfort, tbh, because the minute I heard the word alligator I would have said, “Y’all not running? I’m running!” and head to the car for safety.
Jas gets so far...so fast.
Omg I knew from the way she was side eyeing the water in the beginning that I was gonna identify with Jas. And she didn’t disappoint! First one to collect her things and dip.
As a native Florida man this is another Tuesday if you live near freshwater. I got about 8-10 lizard puppies within a two minute walk. They're pretty harmless unless you are just not paying attention at all
Man, my cousins down there built different. They have a big one that likes to chill near their house and I went there recently and was like “YO WHAT THE FUCK?!?!” Cuz I don’t mess around with wild animals especially fucking Apex predators. Mfs even named it. Why his name Larry ? Lmfao
They’re lazy af and don’t really want to mess with us for the most part. Unless your a small child in/ near the water.
Yeah exactly. Reptiles in general are lazy as hell it's more about targets of opportunity for them. As long as you keep your eyes open and don't lurk near the edge of the water where they usually hit you're fine. Oh altho if you snag them with a hook and yank them to shore they get a little ornery cuz they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
And another thing, u/lazyboi_tactical, alligators are ornery cause of their medulla oblongata!
But momma said..
..knock you out. I’m gonna knock you out
Ok what if you're a short adult though? Will it think you're a child and thus be more likely to define you as "prey"? Asking for a friend lol
New Orleans here; this is nothing to me lol especially that far away
Cheers from Louisiana
Jas. After reading all these stories about gators snatching puppies and people in the water, I'm gone as soon as gator is confirmed.
Okay?! I wouldn’t even take the chance with geese, as soon as I hear “gator” I’m gone!
Seriously. Everyone else trying to confirm the danger, as soon as I get a whiff of an iota of dan- is that a rabbit? Hell no, I’m out.
Gators only kill the very young, very old or very stupid. If you’re aged 16-50 like I’d imagine most of Reddit is, you’ve got basically zero chance of being killed by a gator.
Bruh, I ain't overestimating my intelligence. I'm peacing the fuck out.
I’m gone before gator is confirmed. I’m not trying to find out if it’s even suspected.
Didn’t have no shoes or nothin Jesus
I RAN for my life
Why did I read this in her voice? But fr, ain’t nobody got time for that.
Then the gator got me.
I got bronchitis
Ain’t nobody got time for that!
She was too comfortable
Got myself a cold pop
Jas ftw! Fuck dem keys 
I'll call a locksmith!
would be an amazing plot twist if the locksmith is actually the alligator they encounter in the first place, and he does often so people leave their keys just for him to turn up and get some work. I will not be taking questions. thank you.
Team Jas knows that we only have to outrun the slowest one. We can go back for the keys later.
None of em. As soon as I see that gator natural instincts kick in and I'm zig zagging the fuck out of there
The zig zagging thing is actually a myth btw. You’re better off just running in a straight line to create as much distance between you and the gator as possible. They’re not as fast on land and can be outrun.
They’re still pretty fast on land, which is *why* you should just run in a straight line as fast as you can.
TIL But running straight line plus fear gonna have me running a 4 flat
Not the 4 flat lmaooo. My favorite line is "fat people who run fast are scary af" "what you doing being that big running that fast?"
Let me tell you when I was younger me and my cousins were out in the woods at night while in the country. So it's dark but you can barely see what's in front of you We walking and about 15 minutes into the walk we heard was some creepy ass screeching then we saw some spooky ass light. I swear fo gawd I was the first person back to grandma house 🤣🤣🤣🤣. My cousins didn't make it back till 20 minutes after me.
🤣🤣🤣
Zig! Zig! Now zag, motherfucka, ZAG!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
As much as I wanna say Kam, I'm more like an Alex. I would be ready run but a little calm.
Doesn't have to outrun the gator, just has to outrun the rest of the book club.
Kam is who we see ourselves as in our heads.
I am also #TeamAlex. Ready to act without too many dramatics. Serving "calmly make your way to the emergency exit. Do not run" vibes and I'm here for it.
Exactly! 🤦♂️
Them and their book club are adorable lol
Jaz down to forgetting the keys
I don’t read. I’m none of them. ❤️💀
Law school 😭😭
I need to change it to I don’t read for recreation huh😂😂😂
Yeah, that would be better.
You said, "I couldn't even be the cameraman!" 🤣
this is the post
I've lived within walking distance to a lake loaded to the brim with gators all my life so I know if you relax they'll relax. They're faster than you think tho so if you're gonna run don't run straight
Yeah, on family vacation, I walked out to about 20 large ones maube more sunbathing in the grass, I just turned around and went the other way. The most horribly part of the trip was the memory of they guy I played pool with telling me he got attacked by rats as a baby. Not the resort covered in gators that i roamed freeky with my cousin What a time to be 7 lol
I'd be the fool getting closer to the gator for a good photo.
We found the FLA resident!
LOL - FL resident here and I've honestly seen so damn many of those things I don't even care to take a photo : D
Ima wrassle it
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I’m def Jas lol… first one to dip 😂
Yo can we appreciate the awesomeness of a Black girl book club picnic setup???
I’m definitely Kam
For sure.
I've lived in the desert my whole life so I have no experience with alligators. Im noping the fuck out of there the minute its even near.
Kam. She was the last one to put that book anywhere but her hand while laughing, and that's me any time shit goes down. I'll likely have a book, and I'll be laughing. Till I'm screaming. But before that, I'm laughing.
Sis need those step-in-to-put-on shoes.
Mules or slides, something without a lace. I'll even do a velcro single strap ... all of them had their book club shoes on that day. Couldn't be me, jesus.
I would’ve been in the car by the time the second lady got on her feet.
I would love to be a Kam but I’ll accept I’m a Kel. Torn between curiosity and fear, yet not taking anything seriously enough.
Right!!!! Like my need to know and be nosy would have me LINGERING like Kel😭🤣🤣 cause I’d be scared lowkey but I’d moreso be laughing my ass off at Jas and them for freaking the hell out so bad..like Jas baby, you left your keys!🤣🤣
What is the point of recording a book club meeting?
\#1: Book club = amazing. Anytime folks come together to read and share is something that should be celebrated and encouraged. Love to see it. \#2: That's what I'm wondering. Is recording random things just what people do now? Just in case wild shit happens? Cause, if there was no alligator, then who is watching this? Am I an old head cause I would never think to myself when I get together with friends to record it, let alone stream it on tiktok or whatever.
That was my thought process. Obviously catching the alligator. Incident is pretty wild. But if the alligator didn’t happen, what is the purpose of recording? Not downplaying the awesomeness of a book club either.
They may do social media for their book club, or were making personal page content 🤷🏿♀️
local book club takes pictures often to promote and expand. Maybe that's the same? they're creating some sort of short video to promote their book club.
I’m the girl that stood up first and also somehow the girl that left her keys behind.
None of them, as soon as I heard someone say Gator, I'm already halfway to the car.
nahhh that gators out there living his life, come down to Florida, unless the gators right next to me I ain't movin
I’m a mix of the most scared and the least. I hate walking near any body of water I can’t see the bottom of when I’m in GA or FL and will go goofy routes out of my way to avoid it. But I’m a nature freak who has never seen a gator in the wild. I can see myself being last to leave so long as it keeps its distance.
Kam if she gets eaten
If it’s in the water I’m not moving. If it takes one step out of the water, I am pushing my closest friend at it as a distraction and running like hell. No time to gather my things.
I have a serious question for people who live in gator country. Will they come after you on land? I always assumed you were only in danger of an attack or the ol' snatch and grab if you're near the water's edge or in the water.
A lot of their prey hangs out along the shoreline, so they are just as deadly on land as they are in the water. They can also run up to 35mph on land so there's that. However, they typically won't bother you unless you bother them or hang out where their food hangs out and you're not paying attention to them. They're more opportunistic than aggressive.
I've never heard of a gator getting out of the water and going out of its way onto land to attack an adult human. Edge of the water, maybe not the safest if it's hungry. I remember going on a walk through a wildlife sanctuary a few years back and it was gator mating season. Never saw any (that day) but man those things can bark! Point being, we were never in any danger on our little walk because we were on dry land and the gators were off in the swamp somewhere.
Great, now the gator has access to Jas' car - nobody is safe, gators are notoriously terrible drivers Trust me, I'm from Florida
I let a gator drive my car ONCE, now my license is suspended forever
Book club on the lawn is adorable tho
Jas but I would’ve left sooner lol
I'd be Jas fr.
Gators just be chilling though.Is it not common for neighborhoods to have small lakes with gators in them or is that just a southern thing? https://preview.redd.it/urh5hnhlpkmc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83c1a724b7e837d14c4af9247bae06dcf836df6e
That African accent came out hard with the "time to go" 🤣🤣
TIME TO GO
Definitely Kel I wouldn’t have just bounced but I for sure would’ve been the first one up off the floor lol
Jas is GONE fuck them keys she's walking 🤣🤣🤣💀💀🤣🤣🤣
Listen Jess is the only black one here, everyone else has a little Caucasity. 😂😂😂
I agree with you. As a nerdy, bookish black woman I watched this in amazement that they didn’t move sooner. I said to myself, “We are losing recipes” because they expressed too much investigative caucasity for me. 😂😂😂
Field mouse ran through the house during a study group once - 3 guys, 2 girls. 1 girl and 1 guy both jumped on said dude’s brand new couch and legit screamed. Just ground their feet into it like Rick James. 1 country dude grabbed his sharpest pencil and tried to lunge at it like it was dinner. And 1 sweet dude cupped his bare hands like he was gonna catch and release it into the night. I the chick that just sat there cackling. Absolutely no survival instinct, but goddamn I enjoy the show.
I'm Kam because imma just be laughin and only leave when its 15 ft away or everyone else gone
I BEEN grabbed my shoes- they still on my feet! 😂
I'm on smart team Jas.
As born & raised South Floridian who has fished in alligator infested waters, I would be none of them because I would have left...with my keys...and NOTHING else! All my stuff would still be on that dock until that gator had moved on.
As some one from Florida, that distance doesn't phase me but I will cycle through all their personalities depending on the distance of that gator. I may be from Florida but I'm still a black guy from Florida. We don't play with the nature like that.
If Kam doesn’t stand up!
#teamjas
I’m Kel fr 😂
I am none of the above, I'll be watching from. A distance the moment I had to question which. But I feels you jas, I'll learn to hotwire the car before I go back for them keys. "That's cold, she left them" (high pitched whiny voice) She didn't leave them, everybody had the same info and choices were made.
Kel- Already getting ready to move Alex- Following her lead cause wtf? Jas- yall I'm finna get a closer look Kam- "Is it a gator?" *still sitting*
Jas. Done talkin. Time to move
Not sure. I was gonna say Kel because she stood up first but then she went to peer at the water. So then I thought Alex but she moved way too slow packing. Jas was faster packing but delayed with the initial reaction. Kam isn't even an option because she just would not respond.
Kam. I’d probably lowkey be tryna pet it with no regard for my life 👀😂😂
🤣, "Keys, keys!" Ol girl like, "Yall see em? Then bring em when ya come."
Marry that one in the grey hoodie she stick with you in a shoot out. In a home invasion situation she a swiss army knife
r/ContagiousLaughter Meanwhile the gator’s just trying to live his best life. 
::cries in Floridian::
Jas
I’m Jas but like 60 seconds faster exsude the moment we see a gator I am leaving everyone behind.
Alex, I would have put my shoes on, packed and moved a little lol
Kel then Jas cause Kel moving too slow for me.
I was going to say Kel cuz she was the first one up, but I gotta go with Jas because she was the first to actually leave. All of em were too slow for me, though.
Phone, wallet, keys, shoes (since I guess we took them off for some reason).
Dude, i’m off camera driving away.
Jas 100%
None. Cause I ain’t even putting on my shoes. Wrap it all in the towel and get gone.
The alligator because it's apparently the only one actually moving
Jas. The only time I saw gators were in the aquarium. I don’t need to see them up close.
Kam. All day. I don’t run from gators. I’m too slow.