Thanks for handling that Canadian down there. TV news just said a Canadian died while detained by ICE in Florida. On the radio they added 20 extra seconds describing said man’s background…….good riddance.

Near Alligator Alley. My old stomping grounds, growing up.

It is in a good flat easily seen by aircraft location. Yes surrounded by glades, maybe a few floating islands. As for gators, MEH.....if one knows their behavior patterns , how to deal with them, and the time of year temperatures, they're like big "daises". Steve Erwin used to drag his big gator, called Daisy, around by the tail.

He showed how docile they are most of the time , and that they are very sedentary in colder winter temps. Daisy was around 12 feet , and Steve loved showing folks how easily he dealt with her.

Also the bigger they were, the easier he was able to handle them. "It's the small ones that will git ya'", he used to say with a grin.

He rightly called gators tame , compared to salties. Now if those glades were surrounded by salties, that would be a different story. There is a rare FLA crocodile , they are uncommon and much smaller than the giant ones of fame.

Since many if not all those thugs don't have a clue about dealing with gators, the legends alone will keep them fearful and likely in line.

A 25 plus foot feral reticulated python is another story too.

It's a good place for a prison processing area.

The vast areas of muck quicksand will take them out faster than anything else.

Ron D. is a smart man.