A young boy standing ankle deep in water in the Seven Seas Lagoon at Disney World Orlando.
The toddler, dressed in board shorts waded through the magical lagoon watched over by his mother.
Chillingly this little boy is standing in the exact spot that little Lane Graves was then taken less than an hour later.
Image from Jennifer Venditti Facebook.
Jennifer Venditti, of Massachusetts has shared the pictures of her son Channing, 3, at the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Orlando. They were taken at around 8pm to 8.30pm on Tuesday night.
At 9pm another family, the Graves family, on holiday from Elkhorn, Nebraska, arrived at the beach and their toddler began to play as they watched a movie under the summer twilight.
But tragically Lane Graves was grabbed by an alligator with his parents Matthew and Melissa and older sister watching on.
His father had attempted to save his son after the alligator snatched him, but he could not save his son from the animal's grasp. It is believed Lane drowned after begin taken.
Lane Graves was grabbed by an alligator. Image Supplied.
Ms Venditti, a mother-of-three posted the pictures to stop the blame game that has begun about the death of Lane.
She writes with a hashtag "Judge less pray more"
"I've already seen posts criticizing the parents." she says "I can assure you alligators were not on my mind at all when Channing was in the water. It's a tiny beach, surrounded by pools, water slides, a restaurant and a fire pit. I can't conceive that an alligator would be in such a busy, small space."
Image from Jennifer Venditti Facebook.
The mother and son had spent the day at the fun park and enjoying the resort. Her son, Channing and been a "last minute fill-in" after his big sister decided she didn't want to go on a mother and daughter weekend Ms Venditti had planned.