SOUTH FLORIDA, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES, June 11, 2015 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Captain Hook is unlikely to have any time to spare for Lisa Giles or her crowdfunding campaign, but then, nobody really expects the Captain to lend a hook—er, hand--to a project that aims to give the world a better understanding of the history, habits, and lives of the American alligator. The first thing Giles would do is to explain to Hook, or anyone else who’s confused, what the difference between alligators, which never went anywhere near him, and crocodiles, which—well, that’s better handled by J.M. Barrie.

Giles wants people to learn about alligators: not the myths, not the misconceptions, but the truth. In order to do that, she plans to produce a documentary on the subject. For Giles, the real world of alligators means giving credit to the people who give their time and money, and also in some cases risk their lives, to rescue the alligators. “We can coexist together,” Giles promises, and her documentary will enlighten audiences about what the American alligator is and isn’t, and how people should react to them, separating fact from fiction.

Giles started her project, Dinosaurs Among Us as a school thesis. She had no understanding and, she admits, a lot of fear about these living dinosaurs, but then she went to work at the Gator Boys Alligator Rescue in South Florida’s Everglades Holiday Park, where her job was to educate tourists about the baby alligators. Since working there, she’s developed an entirely changed perspective on the creatures that the world misunderstands, so she’s committed to educating the people she meets about these fascinating animals. She can even persuade tourists to take advantage of the opportunity to hold one of the alligators, and return home with a memorable photograph that will grab everyone’s attention and not let go.

Originally from northern California, Giles moved to Florida when she was in the United States Navy, so maybe sailors and sea creatures made her current passion a natural pairing. She has worked with wildlife throughout her life, but it’s the alligators that inspired her crusader instincts. Giles might be new to the filmmaking field but with degrees in broadcasting and digital cinematography, she’s built the foundation for her dream of making interesting and educational documentaries that educate people, especially if she can help to correct the half-truths that give people the wrong impression about the American alligator.

The costs of the documentary include permits, licensing, production, and the film festival fees, because that’s a prime target for the marketing campaign. Giles is looking for the most talented people she can find for this project to do justice to the much-maligned reptile she’s championing. Help from the Kickstarter crowdfunding community will help raise the $60,000 that she needs to raise by July 18.

The life of the American alligator, which Giles describes as “one of the most misunderstood creatures in America” is a saga that deserves to be shared. The American alligator, despite once being on the brink of extinction, has outlived its relative the dinosaur by 65 million years. They’re now thriving in South Florida, in part due to people like the ones who work at the Gator Boys Alligator Rescue, who understand them and help them survive.

For Floridians, alligator sightings are common, and the event often makes the national news, viewed by people who aren’t used to seeing the creatures on a regular basis and so are prone to believing every myth that’s been spread. Any wild animal is true to its nature, the alligator as much as any other of its kindred. But it’s important for people to learn the truth about wildlife, and that’s what Giles is determined to see happen through her documentary.

So if, say, Captain Hook did happen to show up, Giles might not be able to get him to have his photograph taken with darling Baby Allie, but maybe he’d come to the conclusion that there’s room for both him and the alligators on the planet, if not in Neverland. After all, it’s the crocodile that’s looking for him, not the alligator.

About Dinosaurs Among Us
Dinosaurs Among Us is a full-length documentary on the history, habits, and life of the American alligator and the people who rescue them. Lisa Giles, the creator of the documentary, became fascinated by alligators when working at the Gator Boys Alligator Rescue in South Florida. Now she wants to debunk some of the myths that have arisen around these magnificent but misunderstood creatures. In order to produce the documentary, Giles, who has degrees in broadcasting and cinematography, has started a Kickstarter campaign to raise funding.

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