Many folks posting here are alarmist. Florida has a population of about 20 million people. Many million more visit Florida each year. Look at the graph in the link posted by alan s in post 33 - maximum number of alligator bites per year is only 15 - 15 bites per 20+ million people.

I spend time in Florida since my wife's parents live in central Florida. I live in Georgia, which has similar critters - gators, bears, boar, many snakes, etc. My friends and I regularly camp, backpack, and bike tour this area - gators are not a problem, snakes tend to avoid people, most wildlife tends to stay away from people.

My bet is that there are more bear attacks per year across the US and Canada than gator attacks (and it is likely there are far more gators than bears in North America), and many on this forum often recommend folks tour in beautiful places populated by bears, yet it is rear for folks to post so much fear about possible bear attacks.

Edit - This reminds me, I bikepacked part of the Palemetto Trail a couple of weeks ago. We started at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. We camped by the lake shore twice, near a wildlife sanctuary. Saw lots of animals - bald eagle, turkey, snakes, rabbits, deer, turtles, etc. The second night we camped by the lake we went looking for gators and counted 17 in a 400 yard stretch of road in the sanctuary. None were interested in us or came to visit our campsite. Lake Moultrie produces many gators, some of enormous size. Here's are two gators pulled from the lake recently: