Gator Sighting (Garden City, Laurel Bay, Murrells Inlet: appointed, houses, to live)

[tmozer]

Saw my first two alligators of the spring on my walk through Prince Creek (Murrells Inlet SC) this morning. First gators I have seen in a while (although I think I spotted one on the far shore of one of the large ponds last week but was too far away to confirm). I always smile when I see one. It's like they are saying "F-you. You can have your communities, homes, lawns and retention ponds. We are going to live here anyway!"

[cropduster253]

cool. looking at houses there next week. how big are they

[Me2SouthCarolina]

Tmozer.... where is Prince Creek, where you were walking? I think I know but can you give me a visual landmark? We walk the Marsh Walk ALL the time. We also have a home near some of the marshland near Garden City beach. I love observing the birds and such in those areas, SO beautiful.

Thanks

[tmozer]

It is a large golf (TPC) community in Murrells Inlet off 707. I see the gators in the retention ponds in the area called the Bays.

They were not too big (maybe 4-6 feet). The large ones get taken away by the Gator Squad........

[Global Friend]

They are all over the place here. My neighbor had one in her yard and there's a bunch in the reservoir on 501. I used to walk around it for exercise until I saw gator tracks all over. Don't understand why people let their dogs swim in there, they can easily get killed.

[Me2SouthCarolina]

Thanks...I've never been there. We saw gators at Huntington State Park during the summer a couple years ago. Fun.

My husband heard there were dolphins in the marsh this past week. Amazing the beautiful wildlife in that area. That is what I love about SC.

[tmozer]

I love seeing wildlife, especially alligators, snakes and large lizards. So I am disappointed in the amount and variety I have observed both here in SC and in SW Florida. I expected to see a lot more but still rarely see anything interesting during my daily 2 hour walk. Perhaps they hear (or smell) me coming.......

[RB1234]

Saw several climbing out of the ponds at Brookgreen Gardens this week.

[SC here I come]

Tmozer...I'm moving down to Willow Bay (of Prince creek ) next year. Was it in one of the ponds there??? Or the bigger pond by Laurel Bay?? Cant waitttttttt to get out of here (Long Island).

[tmozer]

I have seen alligators in all the ponds in the Bays over the years. I'll look today as to which ponds had gators yesterday.....