Dad just staring through the phone so has no awareness of what’s around him - I hope he learns something from it because there was no evidence of that from the video - strange behaviour

I live on a lake in Florida- nobody here goes near the water at sundown ! Dum dad

Pops is not brightest bulb in box.

@@5DNRG ikr?!! How’d he know that alligator wouldn’t change his mind and…you know what I’m saying, right?? Stupid move on that man’s part.🤦🏻‍♀️

Yes father should have grabbed the rod & reel, was heaps of time.

Lol right

I agree 💯

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Lol 😂 yesss!! What the heck!! All he can say is omg instead of taking him out the way for safety lol geez

This how it is in Florida. No worries

Yep cause his dad did nothing to protect him

​@@omarmckenzie2380Im pretty his dad would give his life for him if it comes down to it. A gator that size poses no threat. Also why would a dad spend quality time with his son with positive affirmation not protect his kid?

9 out of 10 dad had a 45 or 9mil on him he would have shot it if he came any closer to his son you seen how he stepped up

It doesn’t surprise me some are attacking the father…..Good grief.

Trust me, when you're dad is a moron, you're basically forced to have common sense

They’re not called Gen Alpha for nothing!

@@nunka34ify Bro gen alpha is the most stupidest generation of all time.

@@SnorgYippee bruh LMFAOOOOOOOOO "stupidest" more like ... nvm im gonna get banned if i say this lol

@@DontFuckWithTheForest I had to break the rules of grammar so you can comprehend how low the intelligence of the modern generation is 😂

@SnorgYippee You can’t call them stupid they’re all just kids they haven’t lived enough yet to be called “the most stupid” Gen Z on the other hand

It's these little gators that are the most aggressive

Agreed he is a bit to close especially when you put in perspective of the fish signaling all the gators to go get some dinner

Don't let your kid stand that close to Florida~

Don’t let your kid that close to a lake ever, tbh. Kids are dumb as hell, look away for one second and suddenly they’re drowning in ankle deep water lol

Yeah that's just fucking stupid of the father.

😅 sorry .. that made me giggle. Early lessons

Kudos to the gator for eating only the fish.

This wins the comments. 🎉

By Florida standards that looks like a little gator. Lol

@@royrogers3404 The fish was the only thing that tiny Gator would be able to eat. He posed very little of an actual threat to anyone else.

I feel the same and I live in Maryland!! That's saying something

Lol

Not true

@@jasonmitchell31680cry about it lil guy

@@jasonmitchell31680you had to ruin the joke

Right??? Unreal, the dad didn’t even react by voice to the fact his son was that close when the alligator sprung from the water. Just kept the video going.

@@LaurenJourney Cameraman isn't allowed to drop the video no matter what even for son in danger...gotta get that viral shot...

Have you seen the size of the gator?

The gator was already stalking the boy. That fish actually saved him, they had no clue that the gator was even there.

​@@saldzbob9972 The size of the gator means nothing if it managed to pull that child in the water. By the time the father could have reacted the gator could have very quickly submerged with the child and started the death roll. And you have no clue whether it was the only gator there.

​@@TypingforDumbs u kidding right? That boy was at least 50% heavier than that gator. No way in holy hell could that gator drag him in the water.

@@PremiumRaizo A human can lift weights heavier than themselves and many animals can as well. Crocs and Alligators are known to have strong muscles outside of their already dangerous biting power. There is a reason why heavy grown people who get on top of even the small crocs and gators will often have trouble holding it down. These creatures are extremely powerful and it is said the you should never underestimate how dangerous an animal is based on its size. All that gator had to do anyways was get this kid on the ground and go for his throat, child would be as good as dead by the time dad "maybe" managed to pry it off. Big maybe cause these things are not know to let go easily and I didn't see any weapons ready to kill it. Plus, pulling it off forcefully could potentially cause even more damage as well depending on what it sunk into. Also no, there is no guarantee that this 4-6 year old boy is heavier than that gator. Average weight of a child that size just looking at him is between 35-50lb and that gator wasn't exactly a hatchling. Might look small to you, but these animals can carry pretty underestimated amounts of pounds for their size. And even if not heavier, a small gator can still pose a threat and do severe damage to an adult, much less a child, so why act as though it wasn't dangerous regardless? Thing could still damage a child badly regardless of fatality.

Is there a gator hunting season? We have deer hunting season up north. And deer only cause car accidents, not grab your kid or pets.

@@CH-1984 yeah there is. I don’t hunt though.

That is a major exaggeration, lol. It's not unheard of, and in some areas they're pretty common. But they're far from being in almost every pond, or even half of all ponds, lol.

@@GameDevNerd all natural lakes in Florida contain alligators. Gators are literally everywhere here. I mean, there are obviously some man made lakes that might not contain alligators, I’m just saying the majority of lakes do have alligators in them.

You right!

This is some dark shxt 😂😂😂

Trying to rid himself of a child support payment on his father son weekend. 😂

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It's a gator and the boy is a Florida boy he's probably already jumped on top of a few his size as that's just what they do down there ​@@xXCigarXx

bruh he didn't even bat an eye on his kid after the kid got scared. that's crazy. even if he's okay check on him? ion have kids but I feel like I'd immediately attend to my kid if this happened instead of capturing the perfect video smh

WOAHHHH UR RIGHT-

Good eye!

Whoooooaaaaaaaaaaaa

Am i trippin or does it look like there is a fish cloud inside the gator clouds mouth

😂😂😂You're right! How cool!

Every body of water in florida that ISN'T managed probably has at least one gator. 🤦‍♀️

Thats everywhere in florida dude, i fished in those places as a kid. U just gotta be careful

I've been in aligator infested water all of my life

@@an6350 Same. You gotta be smart & aware, that's all. Can't bubble wrap our kids 👌💯☺️

Infested would mean they don’t belong there, like head lice. That’s the gators natural habitat.

Children have no world experience, they react immediately to anything they consider danger because they don’t understand what’s truly happening 95% of the time, especially at that age. Big scary creature comes out the water; Run. Adults have worldly experience, they know what fear is, they know what danger is. It’s like being older than 15 and realizing 100% of horror movies these days are at most 5% accurate to anything considered Real, so horror movies just because comical and hilarious. There’s no truth, there’s nothing to actually be afraid of, there’s no reason at all to be scared whatsoever. So why would you go to a horror movie in theaters as an adult and genuinely be scared like a little kid? . Same here. It’s a baby alligator. Sure, it could’ve dragged the kid in; But what’s that scrawny piece of shit going to do to an adult? Bash it’s skull in with your foot and roast it over a fire just simply to assert your dominance over the Alligator species as a whole.

This is like watching someone you know for a fact was Marine veteran who saw active combat act completely unfazed from a bullet flying by his head, and even though you know beyond all doubt he’s been through this exact scenario hundreds of times, you have the mental ineptitude to say; “WhAt’S wRoNg WiTh YoU? ArE yOu StuPiD? WhY aReN’t YoU rEaCtInG lIkE a NorMal PerSon?” Because he watched his friends die from mortar rounds and witnessed children get turned into paste by .50 Cal shots, all the while countless thousands of bullets flew passed him day in and day out. Why would he react with fear to something he’s already prepared to handle?

@@johnnyrocket1685it’s more about the safety for the kid people are referring to.

@@johnnyrocket1685 he was joking……..

And thank goodness it was just a baby gator!

true

Yes, for the fish. You don't fish much in fla , do ya? 😂

Well of course alligators wait for little boys to catch a fish for them and stupid dads film it . Nothing here to worry about

​@@amorl4520 except the alligator now has a fish with a hook in its mouth in its stomach and a fishing pole attached to the fish

@@fabirkemarian6370 nope, worse. I fish the Ohio.

Exactly @ Ohio.

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Absolutely!!!!!!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 HILARIOUS

Lol!

Stupid Dad.

"t".......

it happen so fast, that he was in shock

boy didn't need saving he has reflexes like a ninja!! 😄😄💚✌🏻

Save him. What’s to save…… sounds fishy to me 😂

The boy was safe because he ran off and probably behind the dad

And the alligator just wanted the fish and had it in it's mouth. And going back in

​@@miac2382 dude stop being an idiot. That gator could have easily snatched that kid. All this for a video and you think it was ok to have your young kid around gator infested water? I swear some people just shouldn't exist.

....I got that on video!

Lmaooooo!!! That was funny. Here's the question I have. Was he omg-ing the gator or losing the rod & reel?

lol

Dad trying to go viral

I’d of grabbed my boy and got him away

I think the little boy finished the sentence.

I’m angry this does not have more likes

beat me to it

yes

When you say"Florida boy to Florida man", do you mean " Florida boy to Florida funeral"?

I was looking for this

I hoped to find a comment fishing about the pole 😂

Good thing the lad didn't try to hold onto it.

😂

Best ending

In time, Aldo the gator learned that baited hooks don't work on humans, but the lure of a free fishing rod just laying on the shore does... Mwuhahahaha!!

Since when?

Which is exactly what I thought I was going to read when I opened the article! They are extremely lucky!!

I was looking at the lighted water fountains at the far edge, thinking “man-made lake?” “Well how’d the alligator get-ohhh, that’s how!”

Would have been a better headline. Real question would the dad have jumped in to attempt to save the boy.

Is it tho?

Only if it was bigger

I know!😪 That is absolutely scary.

Be cautious of alligators south of Macon Georgia line.

He wasn't alone. His father is literally right there

Yikes!!! Florida is all I needed to know 😮

@@johnv6806 If the alligator grabbed the little kid, the father could not do a thing.

wild life is everywhere in the sky too, those bird of prey, large hawks, large owls and some type of very large eagle looking thing, in the city limits

😂 & ima take this fishing rod off ya hands too mate

The alligators: oh thx bud for the fish! And also the fishing rod!😄✨ The boy: *run* The dad: *standing there and record the video as if there were nothing happen* Me: damn the dad... U were so brave like my grandpa n daddy

​@@Only1JayMar lol!

Fr 😂

Omg lol your not wrong though

😅

Please send this into Child Welfare. I said the same thing as you and any decent parent would think the same as you and I. There has to be signs there to. You can hear the father is a low life and certainly not what a parent should be.

Yup, This why I don’t trust my son fishing in any body of water here in Orlando.

@@3103Juan Smart guy Juan thankyou for being the kind of parent God wanted you to be not like this "Not A Horrible Father". You hit the nail on the head we have a house in Ocala and every part of Florida because of Alligator population is now experiencing Alligators in there water ways and lakes and now on top of that Pythons and other predators now roam the water ways of Florida.your kid will live a long life with you watching him no matter where you are but this guy sad to say his child if he does this bad parenting will not live sadely to long. Sad part is That Alligator most likely watched that kid for a while and a larger Croc who moves like a lighting bolt would have had that kid. This gator that came up most likely was seen before to so it probably was reported and i bet there is a sign there somewhere. When in life did we would prefer to give up the life of a child over shooting a KZfaq Video. Really Sad.

Exactly. I live in SWFL and this reminds me of the story of the little boy killed by the gator at Disney.

​@@Ybranch08 Exactly 💯. Alligators aren't looking to kill people either but right now doing the springtime is mating season in the female alligators become a little bit more aggressive. Especially near their eggs. Which is one of the reasons a kid got killed in Orlando a few years ago. By the way is never advisable to have a little child next to a body of water in Florida nor anywhere unless you are holding their hands.

@@5minuteswithmike agreed

that part 🙌

@Antonio Gramsci dude wtf you talking about 🤦🏻‍♀️

Do that many kids actually get snatched up

@@timetowakeup6302 YES! It even happened at Disney World!!!

One child is to many! Horrible death and yes it has happened.

@@freeffree4133 And if you say something to these parents, they'll be highly offended.......then cry uncontrollably when they're kids get chomped.

@@timetowakeup6302 the amount of alligator attacks that don’t get reported because itms common!

bro i go IN the water and im 11 its called ot being overprotective and the alligator was just hungy

I lived in Florida for 20 years, and everyone who lives there should have the common sense to know you don't put children or small animals near the shoreline of any lake or river in Florida

@@pattygravs6354 i live in texas and im going on a trip to sarasota tommorow hav any fun places to go

Lol calm down there helicopter Karen

because it is Florida lmao

I saw your comment and busted out laughing because you are so right 😆

Mom: *don't you ever take my son out fishing*

*Girl, you’re WAY too informal for my taste.*

*Like, what is this precognitive nonsense that you’re spewing as if you personally know that the mother of this child is going to divorce the father all because some random alligator came out of a lake? Also, how do you know that he isn’t a single father or even a homosexual? Do you personally know these people? I just want to know because you’re sharing precognitive insight as if you already know what’s going to happen.*

@@earlaweese You lack common sense. You don't get the point do you?

Alligator saw food and ate it? Did u not see the video

That's what matters most

That part; so sad. He see the gator and allow the child to remain there, what if it charged after his son; I guess he would still put it on you tube. He should get a knock at the door.

@@floloveyou75 A small gator like that is not going to attack something as big as a human, not even a kid, when it has a tasty fish in its mouth. Its main aim was to protect its meal, the fish. You saw how it dashed out of there because it saw the humans as threats to its meal.

@@adamesd3699 Thanks; lesson learned. God Bless.

@@floloveyou75 Thank you. God bless.

Jajajajajaja deffinitely xDDD AJAJJAJAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJAJJAJAJA otherwise they would never go fishing again jajajaja

@@williamborjamancia BULLCRAP ain't no woman bossing a real man.

Lolololololo

@@actsismmljcorrectlyobeyed6190 Fragile masculinity With a dumb father like that and like you letting his small child fishing at an alligator area during twilight he should be bossed around and supervised by everybody 😂

@@actsismmljcorrectlyobeyed6190 if he is one. But as human abilities happen to be limited, reason should be considered.

Different culture. Bet that kid doesnt run from snakes either.

Raised different down here. That's only a baby gator. Should've reeled it in.

@@matthewthompson7012 Raised different here in the south. Doesn't mean I want to see a gator while I'm fishing no matter the size. Small to a adult but It was the same size as that kid

@@lesbethtacioni1733 what I am trying to say is that it is normal to a lot of us here. We even swim in the rivers. Better not go hunting? You know there are bear in the woods. 🤣

@@jheim9958 I tried to pet a snake when I was 2. It had gotten in the house, my mom thinks it was a cottonmouth, she grabbed me before I could get too close.

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Rofl very accurate, they literally become part of your common sighting anytime you are bank fishing. I have had similar thing happen to me before while fishing in South Florida.

Yeah risking your 8 yr old sons life with alligators is making him a real man. Be fucking for real right now.

… or gator lunch😋

If he makes it to manhood, that is! Hope he learned a lesson the person filming obviously hasn't.🥺

Hahah

yeah the idiot holding the camera is a d bag for not trying to get that pole. I hope no wildlife gets entangled in all that fishing line

🤣🤣BRUH💀💀

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True

SMART *** That was God

This made me jump! That's one lucky little boy

No more fishing pole either

Seemed like he has experience with these things.

Right, thank God it wasn’t an adult alligator

the kid would have been fine even if it was an adult alligator. Alligators don't attack humans as much as you probably think they do. I live on the Gulf of Mexico where alligators live and have seen a few. All people like you are doing is teaching kids to be scared. Dad was fine to let the situation happen the way it did.

@jasonyeszkonis8364 Okay Mr. Smart Ass, the next time you see an alligator nearby, leave your kid/s right there where the alligator is, and let's see what happens. Smh. Make sure you report back to us. You have no idea just how stupid you sound.

@@jasonyeszkonis8364 Tf are you talking about Jason? Look at the statistics on how many people are killed by alligators a year . Nothing wrong with making sure kids are cautious of reality, get your head out of the gutter.

​@@jasonyeszkonis8364 it can still happn though if you happen to fall in the water, that gator was ready for dinner

😂😂😂

Why did I read that in a Australian accent?

@@garygayle6970 Channeling Steve Irwin? 😁

It legit waited for him to do all the work 😂

Thought the same thing

Yeah, bad Dad, takes his son fishing. Tells Mom, we had the best day, I caught and an alligator stole it. He'll remember it forever.

Florida / alligator dad new better

Whys that, because the dad took his son fishing come on smarten up.

Good most men need to😢

It all is in Florida...lol

High Risk High Reward

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All of Florida is cold blooded killing machine infested waters.

Those critters are everywhere now. Nothing we can do. They have been displaced 10 times over

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Best comment of the day rofl

Well he is considered a florida man 😂 we all know they aren’t the smartest

The kid was In our face the kid ran away faster than the gator nobody hurt 😂😂😂😂but when that gator grabbed my fish I would have grab my fishpole 😂

you don't know that

It’s Florida what did you expect! Lol

@@Trill4life777nope he can have it all. More fishing rods on Amazon lol

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Nope, it'll all be over in a few seconds.. 💀

@@XxNoMinDxX True. Like if a Tyrannosaurus Rex got a hold of us, but I sure wouldn't want to experience that.

@@shaunguffey9199 just in case it ever does happen, just count backwards from 3...you won't make it to 1, I promise.

What’s disgusting is that the guy just kept recording as if nothing has happened. I really hope the alligator 🐊 is also ok since he could’ve also swallowed the hook with the fish . 😞

@@Orlanzepol123 what are you talking about. You can clearly see 👀 how the kid backed up quick. You think a good man like this gentleman would've just watch something happened to his son. He could've backed up further than were his dad was for all we know.

There are bigger gators in that water.

@@untilvalhalla7854 thank you ! I hope this comment was for Medina. What if it had been a huge gator? They are extremely quick . And I hope she doesn’t reply by saying”but it wasn’t a big gator”

@@angelmedina9077 “good man”? Do you know him personally? Ok !! But I personally wouldn’t let my dog go near a lake which I knew could potentially have gators. Somehow I know he knew this because of his reaction to seeing the gator. Totally unfazed.

I'm going to write that one down and use it as an ace up my sleeve in arguments

Lol

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broooo😭😭😭🤣

Not cool...

“ its alright buddy … keep goin “ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Get that kid away from the water look how fast that gator got that 85 yr old grandma

Honestly I thought the same thing!😮

There was a full grown one. He snatched the little gator and hesitated about the boy and he just took the pole and gator and left. The boy was very good at sencing danger.

I like he just dropped the fishing pole and let the gator have it. Some might have tried to save it.

@@teresaelza-fry7833 hell no lol

@@roxanne1987r Sadly I know few who fell a bit farther from the tree than most, they would have been all about saving that fishing pole." It was spendy, and i ain't losing good money"

Omg

Speaks volumes, doesn't it?!!!!

This how it go in florida. We know the difference between an attack on a human (very rare) and an alligator troll. Yes alligators troll us here.

I'm pretty sure he said ' Oh my God'. Even the boy finished the sentence by saying God before the dad did.

are you there?

In his defense, the kid got out of danger right away and there was nothing the dad really needed to do.

He's a Florida kid. Gators are a fact of life down there.

@@tolpacourt Yeah I know exactly what you mean. I grew up in the Southeast of Louisiana swamps. When I turned 18yrs old I started doing something that I had wanted to do since I was 5 or 6yrs old. That was when my parents took me to a swamp tour. The gators fascinated me and this is what I told everyone I knew, this is what I am going to be when I grow up. Lol. Well I tried to so hard. There was a couple of problems doing this kinda work. 1. You work 3 days a week at the time. Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays. 2. You don't get paid by the hour and you don't get paid by the number of tours. You get paid on tips. They changed something right after I quit at 20yrs old. That was you had to split those tips with the company. Their reason was I used their boat. Lol. So as a band named ZZ Top once said. I have to get a haircut and get a real job.

@@jasonwebb1882 I almost took a tech job in northern LA. I will always wonder how that would have turned out for me.

He probably knew zig zags

I said da same thing lucky it was small

Dude, shut up you fatherless crusty French Fry

Way to go dad his dad was a fool for putting his child life in danger it could have easily gone the other way

That’s a baby gator tho if it was the real deal then

But baby gators are prob strong too

@@pj17jones45 I bet they are

Yup. Now the boy's reward is a shiny new rod!

That gator gonna have a fishing line from its stomach attached to a fishing pole until it’s stomach acid dissolves the line.

@@jamesnelson8469 I reckon the teeth would tear the line before it gets down to the stomach

@@tajaipaul891 yeah i guess it could but idk their teeth are quite spread out and obviously pointy it might be hard for it to position the line perfectly between two teeth to break, unlike a human whose teeth have no gaps.

Imagine if there was a 100 dollar bill just casually attached to the line in hiding near the lake later on lol

Florida gators specifically the ones in central don’t bother ppl they just be chilling

How dare you selfishly take words for yourself!

That gator took the fish and the whole damn pole too!!!!

Oh he could’ve easily done that

@@coreymiller6717 because those where my feelings, my first thought when I saw the video. Yet I am not a parent yet but my instincts were screaming “Please no not the kid.” The alligator might be used seeing people but small people may just looked different to them. It you think my comment is bad then I can’t image what others comment will be like to you.

That kid will be careful around florida waters and more prepared if he ever encounters a gator, or other danger, in the future. He didn’t cry like a little baby. He reacted better than most young men these days. And that’s a tiny gator that wants nothing to do with the bigger human in front of him. Constant safety is not how you raise quality young men.

@@imissdetroit yes you are right but thats kid is luck because it is a little gator..

Yeah he wanted a daughter anyway

@@imissdetroit ok try explaining to his mom what happened to him when you drive home alone. See what she thinks about your philosophy

That was my thought

Hope the dad finished working on that secret bomb shelter😂

That gator is too big to still be being raised by the mother gator.

@@mikeroper5917 I ment the baby's mother 😂

@@Mob187 oh yeah that's true. Now the emojis make sense lol. I live in Florida and am always worried when I hear my son is fishing while he's with his older half bro and his uncle.

@@mikeroper5917 gator country 😎

And now it's also got a rod to make catching them easier in the future. It's a 2-in-1 catch, baby!

Oh yeah

But he also took the fishing rod 😂

The Pope L

​@MyMotif no, it just means that they are use to being in contact with humans, but you would be a fool to think you are safe

@MyMotif yes they are wild but in FL people live in their habitat, so the gators are used to seeing people, it doesn't mean they won't attack

My thoughts EXACTLY 💯

Coz the Gator is in front of the boy the whole time, see that dark shadow about 5' off the shore. I guess they weren't expecting or watching for them.

​@@davidboydarnott417Yes, i saw that shadow too. 😮

By a gator half his size?

Don’t be near bodies of water in Florida PERIOD.

Same way the Russian bearZ team 6 hides underwater off of Odessa

How's it going to eat something that is bigger than itself?

No he wasn't

@firstname lastname LOL Imagine not even comprehending that that baby is most likely FAR from the only alligator in that lake. Where there's a baby, there's a mama. Also, alligators are all muscle. A small boy would be no match at all for an alligator of that size. All it needs to do is pull that boy into the water and the boy will drown very quickly. Tell me you know nothing about alligators without telling me you know nothing about alligators.

Clearly y’all have not watched videos on how gators eat. They do the death roll and rip the victim limb for limb. The gator was big enough, research it. Doesn’t mean the gator would eat him all at one time. Jeeze lol

His son did what he was supposed to do. So at that point...what should the father do? Pick up huis son and run screaming and never go back? Okay...

He a boss he didn't panic

I was thinking the same thing...safety first..that alligator could of grab his son real quick and pulled him under the water

@@harrismichelle77i The son is MUCH faster on land than that gator and got away as soon as he came out the water. That kid could have picked up that gator. What was the dad gonna do? Pick up his son (AFTER HE ALREADY GOT AWAY FROM THE GATOR) and run screaming for his life? The hell? They were both completely fine.

Every one has their own opinion and I wouldn't trust that...gators are predatory animals and I wouldn't let my child be that close to the water regardless

And the pole. Take the whole damn contraption and bait.

And welcome to the rod!

Alligator: "You want your fish? Come get it, I dare you. By the way borrowing your fishing pole. I'm gonna catch my own fish"

​@@OverRule1 lmaoo

I was hoping that it would snatch that kid