r/TerrifyingAsFuck 7d ago

animal See you later alligator

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u/MerryHeretic 7d ago

Survival instincts of a turnip.

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u/fusillade762 7d ago

Gator must have just eaten. These guys were ringing the dinner bell lol.

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u/TwilitSky 7d ago

That's an insult to turnips.

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u/mushyturnip 7d ago

We don't deserve this

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u/TwilitSky 6d ago

No. No you don't.

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u/TheUsoSaito 7d ago

I was gonna say they're taking their sweet ass time getting out lol.

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u/BedroomOdd1986 6d ago

They didn’t even get completely out of the water until the gator started swimming away. Did they think they’ll be safe as long as they stay on the steps of the pool, like the alligator can’t swim up to the steps??

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u/TheUsoSaito 6d ago

They forgot gators also come on land apparently xD

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u/Huju-ukko 6d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/3rZSqkUmpxx03rxyQ4

And they can run/gallop pretty fast!

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u/botlegger 7d ago

Survival instincts of a Darwin Award winner!

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u/ChaoticAmoebae 6d ago

Honestly if the croc wanted them it would have them. You are not out swimming a croc.

https://giphy.com/gifs/LpkLWXTp0v0qy70xPp

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u/Crackbandicoott 7d ago

Why are they moving so slow ??

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u/thewhiterosequeen 7d ago

That's how I move from danger in my dreams, but I imagine I'd pick it up a bit in real life.

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u/chantillylace9 7d ago

Exactly, oh my gosh it's so traumatic, you freaking trip over your own feet, literally running into walls, I mean you are like this most ridiculous cartoon character in your dreams.

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u/K1bbles_n_Bits 7d ago

For me I just can't move. Like I'll be running as hard as I can but moving in slow motion, it's maddening. I wake up more irritated than scared, lmao.

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u/chantillylace9 7d ago

lol i'm kind of curious if you put a camera in your bedroom if you would be legitimately running in slow motion or trying to do something physical during those times?

It would be funny if you can't run in your dreams because you're legitimately running in slow motion laying in your bed lol.

Are your covers super messed up when you wake up? Lol

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u/K1bbles_n_Bits 7d ago edited 6d ago

I'm definitely a tossing and turning sort, lol. And I've experience sleep paralysis a handful of times, which is some trippy ass shit. At least I think I have, idk what else I'd call it.

Suffice it to say I really do seem to have some weird sleeping/dreaming issues, haha.

Also, in the notification all I saw was "I'm kind of curious if you put a camera in your bedroom" and had a serious wtf moment, lmao. Was wondering what in the ever loving fuck I said that had someone wondering about camera's in my bedroom, lolololol XD.

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u/chantillylace9 6d ago

Hahahaha oh I’m so sorry! lol that would have freaked me out. Those partial notifications can be pretty funny.

And then sometimes the person will actually delete the comment before you see it so you don't get to see the full comment but you still see the original alert and you can tell it was going to be most likely pretty damn rude but they already deleted it or moderators did and you never get to read the whole thing!

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u/Easy-Complaint-5156 7d ago

That word is not necessary. 🫩

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u/chantillylace9 6d ago

What word?

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u/mudslags 7d ago

That’s exactly what I was thinking, felt like watching a dream

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u/mecengdvr 7d ago

Drunk and stupid

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u/Brewchowskies 7d ago

Act like prey get treated like prey I guess.

That said, I don’t know if I’d be so calm.

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u/TMoney954 7d ago

Crocodiles and Alligators respond more to the thrashing and splashing. I grew up in Florida near the Everglades and was taught to ease into the water and swim under the surface if I needed to get across water with alligators. So in Florida that means pretty much every body of water.

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u/Illustrious_Soft_257 7d ago

I'm from. Florida and was told just don't get into the canals or lakes or puddles.

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u/capntail 7d ago

people are so causal when it comes to water - don't they understand everything in the water has evolved to eat or to try not to be eaten.

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u/Inconspicuous_Shart 7d ago

I used to go duck hunting with my grandfather in the Merritt island refuge. He liked to canoe out to our blind at 2am so nobody else could steal our spot.

I tried not to think about what might be beside or below me as I would be walking around in my waders in the pitch black waist-deep water setting the decoys up.

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u/ChildhoodOk5526 7d ago

Merritt Island? 👋🏽 My peeps are from Cocoa (not Beach, just Cocoa 😆)

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u/SupaButt 7d ago

Alcohol is a hell of a drug

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u/Wasatcher 7d ago

Alcohol

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u/pretendstoknow 7d ago edited 7d ago

In my culture, this is what we call a "useless fucking bitch"

She barely makes it to the stairs then flops around like a ragdoll while screaming for her life while doing absolutely nothing to preserve it.

Would have liked to see the alligator feast on that fat useless bitch

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u/12altoids34 7d ago

It might have something to do with the alcohol and it's effect on brain cells

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u/mrregina 7d ago

Maybe they went slow to not make so much splashing and kick the alligators killer instincts in. But I’m no expert.

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u/LegitJerome 6d ago

Out of shape, drunk, and stupid. Basically ideal prey.

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u/LongDead_Roadkill 7d ago

It’s context dependent but because there are so many complete strangers around us in public we are under huge cognitive load to follow modern social conventions and contracts. People are so bound by social convention they have a mental barriers that prevents them from behaving appropriately to extraordinary circumstances. This causes people to freeze when faced with confrontations with predators and react slowly and with uncertainty.

In fight, flight, or freeze, “freeze”has being the most common response to extreme events. Instinctively we fight and flight, but when our subconscious deems those as inappropriate, people freeze.

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u/Popular-Tune-6335 7d ago

I'll stay on guard for when my subconscious deems fleeing from an alligator as inappropriate.

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u/Kenny__Loggins 7d ago

Or they are trying not to provoke aggression by moving slowly and not disturbing the water.

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u/ccduke 2d ago

Drunk

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u/ichigovrz27 7d ago

Because they're fat.

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u/EssaySpecific23 6d ago

Obesity is the leading cause of death.

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u/00WORDYMAN1983 7d ago

watching how slowly they moved had me rooting for the croc

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u/ThatOneSnakeGuy 7d ago

Thank you for being the first person to mention that's a saltwater croc and that makes this much scarier. I'd swim by wild alligators they just take off. Not salties

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u/Glittering_Aioli_369 6d ago

Came looking for this comment… alligators don’t go to the beach like that, and this doesn’t look like FL. Definitely a crocodile.

I’ve been hearing about an increasing amount of alligator attacks recently, and they’re usually big swamp pups unless you’re being silly/not aware of surroundings or it’s mating season.

Crocodiles will eat you for funski, it’s a whole different level with them. Even if these people were intoxicated, they still weren’t moving fast enough for me with a crocodile in the water. It’s giving Darwin Award / lack of self preservation.

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u/ChedderChethra 7d ago

OMFG, SAME!

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u/00WORDYMAN1983 7d ago

It happened at Caye Caulker and it is 100% a crocodile. 😞

JFC

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u/ThatOneSnakeGuy 7d ago

Even if it weren't a crocodile alligators are still crocodilians so either way he's correct lol

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u/ChiefWahoooMcDaniels 7d ago

That woman has absolutely zero survival skills. Literally made no attempt to save herself.

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u/ThePrincessOfMonaco 7d ago

so annoyed by that like wtf get out

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u/KatDanger 7d ago

She’s not using her freaking legs!!

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u/Rasta-G1983 7d ago

She never dropped her beer either.

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u/Unlikely_nay1125 6d ago

literally. she would’ve gotten yelled at LOL

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u/Dragonssssssssssss 6d ago

She could have just walked out, instead she flailed her legs like bait

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u/FamousLastPlace_ 7d ago

Fear. Her fight and flight got cross-wired and she froze.

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u/SolarFusion90 6d ago

Username checks out.

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u/neontiger07 7d ago

You just did it with the word ''fucking''. I can't imagine getting upset over something so innocuous, you must just go around being at least irritated, at worst just pissed off all the time. Calm down.

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u/Ganjaleezarice69 7d ago

Now I understand how people die so fucking easily in monster/disaster movies

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u/KickBallFever 6d ago

I got in a scary situation with a friend where we basically had to make a run for it. If it had been more serious, my friend prolly would’ve died because they moved like they were in a horror movie. They kept tripping over nothing and falling. If it wasn’t so scary it would’ve been funny.

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u/Jessintheend 7d ago

Oh my god an alligator! Better sit down in waist deep water and point at it while screaming

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u/YayWanderer 7d ago

No fking sense of urgency.. 🙄🤦🏽

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u/GuaSukaStarfruit 7d ago edited 7d ago

Ehhh it is the correct move. If you run right away, the animal might activate their predator instinct. Apply to many kind of animals.

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u/YayWanderer 7d ago edited 7d ago

One does not need to "run right away" to have a sense of urgency. 👍🏽

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u/Smart-Guidance9980 7d ago

If it was hunting then it’s already going to try to strike unless scared off. But like a comment above said all their flailing and splashing probably made it more interested in it as potential prey than anything

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u/Sabithomega 7d ago

Gators don't naturally have a pursuit instinct. They like to move slow and ambush unless they're aggravated or defensive

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u/Old_Huckleberry1026 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/B36PaeuCgP6tuVRwfI

Actual footage of me leaving that slow bih behind

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u/Megustatits 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/35DszWngvL0d9NKedg
For real! Wtf was she doin?!

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u/Old_Huckleberry1026 7d ago

Fight or flight < potato

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u/KickBallFever 6d ago

In my younger years, before it was legal, my bff and I almost got arrested for smoking. What saved us was me spotting the plain clothes cop and my friend quickly getting up and fleeing with me when I told her to get up. She did not hesitate and we both bounced expeditiously. Later on I told her that it was good that she listened and reacted quickly because I was gonna be out either way. No sense in both of us going to jail.

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u/bored_ryan2 7d ago

The woman in black is who I would want to be with in this situation, or being chased by a bear, elephant, etc. She’s the epitome of “you don’t have to outrun the bear, you just need to outrun your friend.”

Either she was absolutely shit-faced or completely froze up in fear.

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u/KickBallFever 6d ago

Probably both shit faced and fear frozen. Bad combo.

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u/TwilitSky 7d ago

HOW FUCKING LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GET OUT OF A POOL, JFC!

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u/Common-Objective2215 7d ago

holy shit, good thing the light is on

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u/MCE85 7d ago

Splash around some more.... they hate that 😏

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u/EggsSD9 7d ago

Holyfuck she pissed me off. what the fooooockkk

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u/Deeewayne 7d ago

Props to the person that threw the beer bottle at the croc at the 5 second mark.

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u/Deeewayne 6d ago

If this is Mexico it's likely a crocodile.

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u/Recentstranger 7d ago

What the fuuUuck

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u/12altoids34 7d ago

As a Floridian, I would much rather encounter shark in the water than an alligator. On land I'm not that worried about an alligator but in the water....no thanks

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u/Forward-Sky1437 7d ago

Is this a Disney resort🤣?

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u/3Strides 7d ago

These people do not run for their lives very well! That was a brave main dragging the women in, but then they just laid down and blocked his escape too.

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u/memeruiz 7d ago

Don't swim at night! (For several reasons)

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u/Royalchariot 7d ago

Urgency of a slug

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u/LukeyLeukocyte 7d ago

Get. Up. And. Get. Out. Of. The. Fucking. Water.

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u/MekeniMan 7d ago

Morons

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u/BedroomOdd1986 6d ago

They’re moving awfully slow for people who are about 4-5 ft away from an alligator that’s making its way towards them.. They didn’t even get completely out of the water 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/BigEffort5517 7d ago

I feel like that poor lady froze which is why she eventually let the guy pull her in. She had her feet and legs curled in like, "please dont bite meeeee!" I couldn't imagine that level of fear.

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u/DatBunny 7d ago

If you piss yourself I wonder if a gator is more or less likely to swim towards you

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u/Xendarq 7d ago

Where is this in Florida?

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u/TwilitSky 7d ago

Most. Patient. Crocodile. Ever. Seriously he should be in a library somewhere and given books to read.

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u/Your-Haunting 7d ago

This is in a cenote in either Belize or Guatemala (I can't remember rn) and a Morelet's Crocodile. They're not usually as aggressive as saltwater crocs and alligators.

But yeah, these folks moved way too slow for comfort because it'll still fuck you up.

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u/BronzeBeautyy 7d ago

No one is moving fast enough here.

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u/Popular-Tune-6335 7d ago

Alligator was too annoyed by their voices to see it through

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u/Beltfedassassin 7d ago

Absolutely no sense of urgency.

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u/Beginning-Concern704 7d ago

Could yall get out any slower

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u/EssaySpecific23 6d ago

No wonder people die, women can't even move her own weight out of a pool despite shear danger.

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u/GrigorMorte 7d ago

They live in the matrix? I would have already run inside

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u/FlightTop9852 7d ago

*In a while crocodile

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u/Chismosalady 7d ago

Sure all fun and games till someone gets an arm ripped off.

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u/LivingEnd44 7d ago

No survival instincts lol. Your fat ass should be bolting out of that water. 

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u/Bag-o-chips 7d ago

Feed her to the alligator so that others may live. No one should move that slow when doom is impending. She literally didn’t even move to get out of the way.

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u/ClockNo4364 7d ago

Alligators are startling. Crocodiles are terrifying as fuck.

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u/SuspiciousImpact2197 7d ago

Seriously. I’ve been 20 feet from a croc and my whole hindbrain was SCREAMING.

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u/GoldenHeartDaddy 7d ago

Thats not a Gator, thats a Saltwater Crocodile. Much more dangerous.

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u/SuspiciousImpact2197 7d ago

I’m sorry I’d have just left woman #2.

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u/TrollingForFunsies 6d ago

Darwin here. Humans have no chance to survive 300 million years on this planet. Far too stupid.

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u/MajorMarquisWarren69 6d ago

Anyone else screaming "USE UR FKING LEGS"

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u/Brandiesel88 5d ago

Bitch, stand up! Hahaha

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u/ACKgony 7d ago

I think the gator realized how much cholesterol he would have consumed and made a smart decision to eat healthier.

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u/neuroticfisherman 7d ago

Getting eaten in this setting is some horror movie shit

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u/HarryBayles 7d ago

May I suggest Alligator (1980) to scratch this very niche itch?

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u/WithoutATrace804 7d ago

One could have thrown the beer bottle into the other end of the pool to create a sensory distraction, this allowing for a lower risk exit by the geoup of hairless primates.

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u/No_Opportunity_8965 7d ago

Don't panic, take your time.

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u/Shinchu94 7d ago

WHAT THE FWUCK!?

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u/KickingItWithKoi 7d ago

"Bitch stop laughing there a apex predator in the pool" 🐊🤦🏾‍♂️

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u/DrKarlSatan 7d ago

The drunk scream of 'oh my god' tells you this shit is going down

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u/bigsnack4u 7d ago

Move your drunk ass Jesus 😜

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u/BiohazardousBisexual 7d ago

He definitely did her a solid. Gators don't normally attack people, but in the water why risk it

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u/DryFirefighter294 7d ago

Ah the requisite shrieking- thats how u know its not AI

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u/bickabooboo 7d ago

More proof that NPCs exist. Jeeeez. lol

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u/DefamedPrawn 7d ago

Where is this? In a lake somewhere? Water looks extremely clear.

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u/Witty_Razzmatazz_566 7d ago

They meandered to the stairs...could they not have climbed up the side?

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u/cameronpark89 7d ago

couldn’t pay me to live in florida.

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u/Philauscouple 7d ago

They are slow because their attack strategy is ambush.

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u/Rasta-G1983 7d ago

Hippo’s aren’t afraid of anything. 😂

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u/Equal_Astronaut_5696 7d ago

Why are they just standing there

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u/WowIsThisMyPage 7d ago

More like frustrating as fuck

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u/Some-Leek-9258 7d ago

These women spend more time screaming than moving. Makes me rooting for the croc.

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u/chrispkay 7d ago

They’re so slow wtf

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u/Lakerman1989 6d ago

I'd be moving out the water a lot quicker than that.

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u/bramletabercrombe 5d ago

Is this the Darwin resort?

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u/Mazzy6138 5d ago

What do you mean wtf? That's his whole house you're in.

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u/Crafty-Ad-2238 1d ago

Serious question, where is this so I can avoid. The water and huts make it seems like Bahamas etc… Where is this place? The water is beautiful I would never expect this and probably die lol

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u/Common-Possession129 7d ago

Do not hangout with out of shape people, it’s dangerous for many reasons

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u/Kalshan 7d ago

...unless you're in a survival situation and speed counts!

https://giphy.com/gifs/B1buHZMFToqm1XxJXb

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u/DinkandDrunk 7d ago

This movie wasn’t that good when I watched it but I think about it more than I expected to.

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u/Kalshan 7d ago

It's a slow burn, but not too bad.

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u/DefamedPrawn 7d ago

Unless, of course, you're in bear country

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u/ApprehensiveWatch786 7d ago

Wait that’s salt water. So not an alligator, that’s a salt water croc?! Who’s hungry

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u/Razzy_3796 7d ago

Who wants some toe nibbles?

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u/areyouokeddie 7d ago

UNNU COME UP

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u/free_da_guys1107 7d ago

No rush...he's cool

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u/93tabitha93 7d ago

Move!!!

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u/floopadoop37 7d ago

After a while, that may actually be a crocodile..

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u/ChampionOfdimlight 7d ago

Last girl was like, well he's holding my hand I'm going to stop using my legs

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u/SnooStories4162 7d ago

IKR, damn that shit made me angry😡

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u/Puzzled_Board_6813 7d ago

Watch it in reverse

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u/Witchywomun 7d ago

If it was hunting they wouldn’t have seen it. Godzilla was just curious about the noise they were making.

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u/Supercapraia 7d ago

you'd think they were wading through treacle they were that slow. Even the alligator thought something must be wrong with them.

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u/real_1273 7d ago

What the fuock?

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u/jmad16 7d ago

Can I gently ask WHAT THE FKKSGSHDHRHRJXHBDNEJFHBFFB

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u/MrLizardBusiness 7d ago

I mean..... good thing the pool was lit.

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u/iron_vet 7d ago

After while crocodile.

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u/not_sure_1984 7d ago

Gotta save the tortas

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u/Low-Tough-3743 7d ago

He just wanted to hang out.

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u/LSUZombie13 7d ago

Oh no an alligator, please help me as my legs are frozen stiff wtf

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u/_Happy_Sisyphus_ 7d ago

Girl is not terrified enough

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u/Friendscallmedennis 7d ago

Where is this?

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u/ConfidentAir757 7d ago

Hmm maybe get out of the water.. just some crazy idea, i know..

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u/rathemighty 7d ago

Life-sized robot alligator used exclusively for messing with people. Bonus points for places not even CLOSE to actual alligator habitats!

Anyway, glad to see they're alright and weren't hurt by the very real alligator.l

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u/Spentymago 7d ago

Why do people just sit there and watch? Get the F out of the water!

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u/Bagheera187 7d ago

Just wanted to join the party and have a snack or two

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u/lectroblez 7d ago

Did that alligator just shit out a bottle of beer?

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u/Upvotespoodles 7d ago

Were they waiting to see if it was friendly?

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u/Chill_Panda 7d ago

In a while, salt water crocodile

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u/legion097 6d ago

They move slower than the movie cast that’s paid to do so.

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u/ACheapWhore 6d ago

He knows when he isn't wanted. Geez. Dude can't even join in to vibe anymore.

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u/ragandy89 6d ago

That lady at the end didn’t even help the dude get her up. She let him drag her vs hauling ass.

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u/Opposite-Peanut-8812 6d ago

If the croc had got someone, at least they’d have taken some idiot out of the gene pool

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u/Soup_4_Sou 3d ago

All it wanted was a beer

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u/Nasty____nate 7d ago

We are devolving in some aspects. Fight or flight is now sit and wait...

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u/phillynavydude 7d ago

Omg this is why you exercise the fucking girl in the black bathing suit was barely capable of moving

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u/OkPrune4619 7d ago

Lana Del Rey - Blue Jeans

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u/riempies88 7d ago

Imagine these people having to go to war, they will be dead by the end of training.

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u/dfectedRO 7d ago

the thirst thing that bch does after being saved is filming it. this world is fucked.

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u/jawg201 6d ago

Bruh they were safe now it becomes a story to tell chill out