Just Making Sure. Eleven-year-old Mike wandered in the swamp near his home, on his way to visit his best friend Sammy the gator, deep in the Florida Everglades. It was a trip the boy made at least once a week - and as usual, Mike was just wearing a speedo and flip flops, having left his other clothes at the edge of the swampy land with his bike. Various creatures watched the nearly nude boy wander by, but none bothered him - although many were drooling hungrily at the sight of so much yummy boy