Horror at Disney World as boy, two, is dragged into a lagoon by an ALLIGATOR

A two-year-old boy is missing after he was dragged into a lagoon by an alligator near a Disney World hotel in Orlando - despite his father's frantic attempts to wrestle his son from the reptile's jaws. The boy was dragged into the Seven Seas Lagoon near the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa (inset) around 9.20pm on Tuesday as he paddled in a foot of water with his family despite 'no swimming' signs being posted nearby. Alligators are relatively common in the waterways near Disney resorts but are supposed to be removed if they get too close to guest areas. The boy's father, from Nebraska, was left bloodied after his unsuccessful struggle with the seven-foot alligator that vanished into the lagoon with his son. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said: 'The father entered the water and tried to grab the child but he was not successful in doing so. I'm told that at some point, the mother also entered the water.' He said that the family had been relaxing on the beach and the child had been in a play pen. As the child played near the water with his mother, the alligator attacked. We are not leaving until we recover the child.'

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