Texican Tattler
It's springtime and 'gator lubbin' is in the air.
It amazes me when people get all riled up about wildlife attacks, especially around breeding time. If you're going to live in an area where wild animals all but run free, you have to play by their rules or be able to defend yourself when you encroach on their territory. Grizzly's aren't cute and huggly, Jake is not always a nice snake, and not everyone is Crocodile Dundee.
"As a general rule, I tend to avoid vacation spots where the wildlife CAN EAT YOU." No, you just need to not be stupid about it.
Like don't wade out into the Gulf of Mexico with a load of shrimp in your pocket because you want to fish. Some of the fish (sharks) are bigger than you are. If you go into the water for any reason, be aware of the fact that there ARE sharks in the water - they are always there.
Don't swim by yourself in lakes... Gators really are everywhere, even in the water hazzards on the golf course. (where one guy was attacked recently while he was looking for golf balls)
Granted one of these women appear to have been attacked on land, but that was near a canal. Canals are gator highways.
And having some weapon probably wouldn't hurt... might not help, but if you look like lunch to a gator, you aren't going to outrun them - they run faster than the average dog - and they can climb trees, though they do that more when they are small.
What kind of purse was it? Maybe it was a revenge killing. 
Commenting by HaloScan
