Crikey! Crocodile Alert in Swansea
Watch your ankles - a crocodile could be lurking in a Swansea lake!
Police and RSPCA officers were at Pluck Lake opposite Morrisons in Morfa yesterday after receiving a report of a crocodile there.
The caller, who raised the alert at around noon, was certain the creature was a crocodile and said it was about one metre long.
A police spokesman said: "If it is a crocodile, it is a freshwater one and it is only the saltwater ones that are a threat, the big massive ones.
"We went down and had a look. It is cold, and if it was a genuine call it could be an escaped pet - it's not beyond the bounds of imagination."
He said experts had told them that if a crocodile or alligator was out in the current temperatures, it could be lurking under the water.
He added: "It's best not to go swimming."
Evening Post: 28th April 2008
