Recent reports of a large crocodile seen swimming up the River Avon in southwest England – not exactly the creature's normal habitat – may now have visual proof, thanks to a newly-revealed video clip showing what may be a six-foot reptile cutting through the water.
Tom Aditya, an official from the nearby town of Bradley Stoke, came to the Bristol Post with the video, which he says he shot last October while walking along the river between London and Pill. Police first declined viewing it, but several new reports of crocodile sightings in the region changed their minds.
While skeptics dismiss the shape as a floating log (which it very well could be), Aditya points out birds in the clip which seem to be alarmed, flying away from the object as it approaches. "I remember I could see its eyes there and at first I thought it could be a seal,” he told the Post,“but then it kept moving up the river slowly.”
He showed this footage to a friend in Florida, who theorized that the croc could be a member of the species gharial, which originates in the much warmer waters of India. “It may have reached here through any vessel that passed through the Bristol channel,” he said.
It seems crocs and gators just keep moving in on human turf, like this massive intruder who decided to take a nap in a hunting lodge... underneath an occupied bed!