I have been to Florida many times but since I was a kid the increase in alligators is beyond belief. As a kid we hoped to perhaps see a gator. Going to Florida in 2008 we tried to avoid seeing gators since they were every body of water from a toy swimming pool to the lakes and rivers.  While we were there at the hotel at night on the tv news almost daily a person walking a small dog had to fend off a gator attack where the gators got on shore and chased them, some gators got a meal that way.  I saw a recent video of a big gator going through a yard that was fenced and on the other side was a canal. The gator stopped, looked over the situation and climbed the 6 ft fence straight up to get to the canal. So the boy had his feet in a foot of water, that is not swimming. Obviously the signs at the lake need more clear directions. I live in Hawaii in the winter, the tourism industry there also downplays the hazards that one can face on the islands. I found the same in to be true in Florida.