It was quite a shock to me that I didn't notice him until I was so close despite his being in an obvious location. Decided not to try and sneak past him since it was water on each side of the trail. So I took another trail for a half hour or so and came back.
When I got back, I didn't see him. Since he wasn't there I proceeded to continue on the trail This time I was paying attention though since he snuck up on me before. All of a sudden, I realized that he was right next to the trail only about six feet away from me:
He never moved, but I sure jumped!
Went on to see a total of around ten alligators. None were larger than perhaps six feet, but they were still pretty intimidating.
Other than that I ran into two species of water snake and managed to get really close to a green anole:
