I was wondering if any of ya'll wade around gators?

I run into issues shore-fishing because of the trees in my backcast, but I haven't the cajones to rub elbows with the gators while I fish.

I've talked to a few guys in a local fly shop, and they've told me that 90% of the time, if they're FF-ing, they're in the water next to gators...

...but somehow it still seems rather dangerous.

Anybody have any experience with this?