Florida man found dead in gator-filled lake
The unidentified man was looking for Frisbees and other discs in the water
Martha Asencio-Rhine/Associated Press
A state-contracted alligator trapper walks near the area where a man was found dead after going into the water to retrieve lost disc golf discs at John S. Taylor Park, May 31 in Largo, Fla.
May 31, 2022
LARGO, Fla. — In an email on May 24, Florida police said that a man died searching for Frisbees in a lake at a disc golf course where signs warn visitors to beware of alligators.
The unidentified man was looking for Frisbees and other discs in the water and “a gator was involved,” the Largo Police Department said. No other details were immediately released.
The website for John S. Taylor Park in Largo, where the incident occurred, advertises that patrons can “discover the sport of disc golf on a course set in the natural beauty of this park.” The course is set next to the lake, which has no-swimming signs posted alongside it.
Police are now telling people to avoid the lake while the investigation continues.
