Many decades ago, members of the Seminole tribe left their home in the Cherokee nation, slowly travelling south until they came upon Lake Wales in south-central Florida. The small group found a high campsite (for Florida) with excellent fishing in the unspoiled waters of the lake. Nearby was Iron Mountain, the highest point in Florida, believed to be the home of the Indians’ god of the Sun. For several years, they enjoyed a peaceful existence. They were well fed with local game and plentiful fish from the lake. But from the placid lake waters arose a great danger in the form of a gigantic bull alligator, a ravening beast that would drag members of the tribe away and devour them.