What started as simple strolls through downtown Naples quietly turned into something no one expected. Grandma Geraldine and her eight year old gator, Myrtle, have become a familiar sight along Fifth Avenue South. Tourists stop. Locals smile. Phones come out. Kids crouch down for photos. Strangers who’ve never met before end up laughing together on the sidewalk. One video alone picked up millions of views in just days. And on Instagram, the Naples grandma keeps adding followers by the thousands.

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