A tourist had spotted the alligator that killed the 2 yr old -- and warned Disney about it
45 minutes earlier. Nothing was done.
And the boy and his family weren't swimming (thus ignoring the "no swimming" signs.) They were building a sand castle.
I don't understand why the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission concluded that little could have been done to prevent the attack. If the Disney people had warned guests to stay off that beach -- after getting the report of the alligator spotting -- then the attack could have been prevented.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/22/us/orlando-disney-gator-attack/index.html
The report's findings include:
• The alligator that killed Lane Thomas Graves took him in a predatory manner consistent with the reptile's hunting techniques. The boy was standing in ankle-deep water while he fetched buckets of water for a sand castle he was building. Neither the boy nor his family did anything provocative.
• The family was by the lagoon near the hotel around 8:30 p.m., during gator hunting time, to watch the movie "Zootopia" on the beach.
• The alligator took Lane when he bent down. Matt Graves, the father, tried to pry open the gator's mouth that was clamped on his son's head and neck, but the animal broke away.
• A South Carolina tourist spotted the alligator from his hotel porch about 45 minutes before the attack. He said he pointed out the animal to a Disney employee. Just before the attack, he saw children in the ankle-deep water and was going out the door to warn them when he heard the mother screaming.
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