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lark

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6. In FL. it is not safe to swim in most of the waters, outside the ocean.

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Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:15 AM

Nov 2020

When I was a kid, gators were "shoot on sight", so rivers and lakes were kept clear and people could swim anywhere. They changed the laws when I was older and now the gators now own the waters and it is totally not safe to go in except in a boat or in places where the gators are kept out and those are few and far between. There are some places that have a lot of tourists and the gators stay away during the day, like Jenny Springs and Ichetucknee, but you have to stay in the springs and stay out of the water in the evening and night because the gators take over then.

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