“I can’t believe the images I am seeing coming out of Florida today,” posted @RationalBlonde on X over an image of an alligator comforting a crying little girl on a boat while rain falls ...

Dragich's daring feat, shared widely on social media, isn't his first viral encounter; he's previously been filmed capturing alligators in various Florida locales, including near an elementary school.

From this, the Florida Man meme rose to prominence on social media, sharing snippets of outrageous stories for easy laughs, carelessly turning perpetrators and victims alike into punchlines.

The viral “Ohio” social media meme—used to describe something as ... and people would comment “only in Ohio”—similar to the “Florida man” news story trend. The phrase was shortened ...