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Published on: 10/4/2007
Last Visited: 10/4/2007
"I guess to us it's so funny to have these kinds of problems, but we're kind of accustomed to it," Becky Wilson, center director, said.
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Wilson said the center takes precautions to protect visitors.
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Up close and personal rendezvous with nature aren't too common, but when they do happen, they must be tempered with respect, Wilson said.
"We're on top of their home," Wilson said of the center, which rests on pilings above the Blue Elbow Swamp."But thank the Lord, nobody's ever been hurt."
Divine intervention must have been at work awhile back when a 3-foot alligator sauntered onto the incline leading to the center's front door.
A father coaxed his young son to get close, feed it and pose for a picture.Wilson ran outside, urged them away and called authorities.
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Personal common sense about safety should be the rule, Wilson said.
"You can't just feed them or take pictures next to them like a zoo, because the next time they'll bite your hand off and you won't have any way to feed them," Wilson said.