Anyone know the kayaker found floating in the glades? Just wondering how he got swimming, and why gators didn't finish him off.
No.
Gators do not chow on humans of adult size
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/02/lost-virginia-kayaker-rescued-everglades-national-park
Gator attacks are for sure rare, but the idea that they won't attack, kill, dismember and eat human adults is not true. There are lots of adults on the list of fatal attacks in the U.S. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_alligator_attacks_in_the_United_States
If I ever solo again in the glades, I won't take boges. He doesn't play well with reptiles. I was thinking this guy may have had a pup along, contributing to the capsize. I've seen kayakers with small dogs in their cockpits. If anyone gets this guy's story, please post it so we know wat went wrong.
. I went snorkeling in St Lucia last week for a couple of hours and the water while warm by our standards was getting pretty cold!
I have been flipped but not in the Glades. A couple of manatees got poed at me and came up under the canoe..
Been chatting on FB from a kayaker who had the hapless victim in her camp during her trip. He seemed disorganized and planned to to to Flamingo yet got lost the first day out and slept in the boat tied to a mangrove.. She was in Lopez campsite and when he pulled in at dark he was hypothermic and seemed utterly unprepared. I suspect that the lessons may turn out to be :carry a communication device other than cell phone, have good charts on you , have a radio on you , be dressed for the cold., stay hydrated and fed and always know where you are.
Wow a first hand account, it sounds very plausible. It sounds like he had hyperthermia on day two and survived three more days, the last two in the water. He's lucky to be alive.