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Man found dead in gator-filled lake near disc golf course in Florida

Victim was looking for Frisbees, other discs in the water, police say
Man killed in suspected gator attack at John S. Taylor Park in Largo, May 31, 2022
Posted at 1:12 PM, May 31, 2022
and last updated 2022-05-31 13:27:04-04

LARGO, Fla. — Police in Florida say a man died searching for Frisbees in a lake at a disc golf course where people are warned by signs 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 in an email Tuesday.

No other details were immediately released.

Police said gator trappers are responding to Taylor Lake, a part of the 153-acre John S. Taylor Park in Largo, a suburb of St. Petersburg.

Man killed in suspected gator attack at John S. Taylor Park in Largo, May 31, 2022
A man was killed in an apparent gator attack at John S. Taylor Park in Largo, Florida, on May 31, 2022.

The park's website notes that patrons can "discover the sport of disc golf on a course set in the natural beauty of this park."

The course is set along the lake, which has no-swimming signs posted along it.

Now, police are telling people to avoid the lake while the investigation continues.