I have a memory of my twin brother and I in our backyard when we lived in Florida, killing palmetto bugs by drowning them in palmolive dish soap. For the longest time, I thought they were "palmetto" bugs because "palmolive" killed them. We must have been about 6 then.

Another time while we were in Florida, an alligator came up from the marsh in our backyard and hung out for a while. My mom was screaming and the firemen came. It was pretty cool.