Police are currently searching for a child, about two years old, that was grabbed by an alligator and dragged into the water outside of Walt Disney World’s Grand Floridian Resort, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
According to Orange County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Rose Silva police have taped off the area and are searching the waters for the child at the Seven Seas Lagoon.
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Just overheard a group talking about how the father was wrestling with he alligator.. This just gets worse and worse
— ChristianTheMagician (@Menardness) June 15, 2016
Sheriff office said the father had tried to wrestle the alligator. The boy’s mother also entered the water in a bid to save her son, Sheriff Jerry Demings said.
The family from Nebraska, with three children, were on vacation in Florida. Disney remove and relocate alligators that get too close to guest areas
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