As to gators in NC, for years there was a huge gator who lived beside the Battleship North Carolina in the Cape Fear River. He was almost as big a tourist draw as the chip was.
Short story on gators-my parents lived in Gainesville, FL on a golf course. They had several gators in the ponds on the course. One of their neighbors had a little annoying dog that would chase golf balls. Some golfers complained but the owners thought it was cute. One evening as the guy was walking the dog on the course, a gator came up out of a pond and snatched the dog. Those things can be amazingly quick.
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