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Crocodile causes a ‘pool emergency’; neighbors shocked

Neighbors heard Maria Crego making a 911 call and became curious as to what was happening, so they came over to see for themselves.

When Ramon and Maria Crego went outside to take their two dogs for a walk after dinner, Ramon noticed a ripple in the water of their pool and did a double take. “What is that, a crocodile?” Ramon thought.

Sure enough, a crocodile had made its way up a launch ramp from the bay and into the backyard of their home in Hammer Point in Tavernier in the Florida Keys. It walked straight toward the pool and climbed in.

Surveillance cameras caught footage of the intrusion a week ago.

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“We have small dogs, which we were taking outside with us for a walk,” Ramon Crego told USA Today/For The Win Outdoors. “So I told my wife to take them back inside and go call fish and wildlife.

“My wife called 911, and as we are Cuban, we are kind of loud. Our neighbors heard my wife telling the 911 operator that ‘our emergency is in the pool!’”

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So some of the neighbors came over, curious to see this emergency.

“They were all shocked, but found this incident very amusing,” Ramon said. “So we had friends and family on the balcony.”

The Monroe County Police and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded quickly.

“It took him about an hour and a half to shoo him back into the bay,” Ramon said. “He was verifying with his supervisor what he should do, as the croc really liked our pool and didn’t seem to want to leave.

“We thought he would take him away, but he said no, ‘he lives here, and will come back anyway.’

“We hope not.”

Photos courtesy of ViralHog and Slava Petrov/Creative Commons.

Giant crocodile jumps into fishing boat in ‘rare’ nighttime attack

Four fishermen in Australia were fortunate to have escaped serious injuries last weekend when a large crocodile jumped into their boat and began to bite one of the seats.

Four fishermen in Australia were fortunate to have escaped serious injuries last weekend when a large crocodile jumped into their boat and began to bite one of the seats.

The bizarre incident occurred at night on April 24 in Kakadu National Park, apparently after the men had stopped on the South Alligator River to cook dinner aboard the vessel.

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ABC Australia reports that the crocodile, estimated to measure 13-plus feet, launched out of the water and somehow flung its entire body over the rail.

A 32-year-old New South Wales man was slightly injured during the harrowing encounter.

Kakadu National Park. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Adam Britton, a crocodile expert, described this kind of attack as “incredibly rare” but added: “Big crocs can push themselves out of the water, especially if they’ve got something to rest against like the side of a boat.”

The crocodile bit the seat occupied by the man who was injured. He was treated for moderate abrasions at a nearby health center and released.

The crocodile, which escaped back into the river after causing extensive damage to the boat, became the subject of a hunt by a Kakadu National Park team of experts.

Apparently, it’s one of two crocodiles that have been deemed problem animals.

Warning signs – including one stating that a 4-meter crocodile has been stealing fish and harassing boats – have been placed on the river’s banks, according to ABC Australia.

It was unclear at the time of this post whether any crocodiles have been captured or killed by authorities.

Kakadu National Park is located in Australia’s Northern Territory southeast of Darwin.

–Images vai Wikimedia Commons