Darwin, Australia: Crocodile Makes Surprise Visit To Family's Home

CANBERRA, Australia (Associated Press) -- Wildlife rangers have helped an Australian family deal with an uninvited guest: a 5-foot-6-inch (1.7-meter) crocodile that wandered into their living room.

The juvenile saltwater crocodile wandered into a home in Bees Creek, a suburb of the northern Australian city of Darwin. Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported that the family found it in a partially enclosed living area Saturday morning after their dog's barking woke them.

Resident Jo Dodd describes the encounter as "a very surreal moment" and "the most freakiest thing." She suspects the croc might have been stalking the dog.

Crocodile management official Dani Best told ABC the croc might have been forced out of a nearby creek by a larger croc. The intruder has been relocated to a crocodile farm.

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Comments

[DennisTheMenance]

05:36 PM on 01/21/2012

Yes, God Forbid, to just Shoot the Da-n thing and be done with it..
We have to be Humane and Relocated it while their are Hundreds of thousands all over the Planet..
Better to Sacrifice one of your Kids than to Kill a Croc..

God Forbid

[cagog]

05:47 PM on 01/09/2012

Aww Man! i want one...Thats no fair i only got stupid fat alligators.

[dkandycrown]

01:58 PM on 01/09/2012

Are they sure about this news, that the crocodile didn't find the humans in his living room seeing that the crocodiles were there first.

[personal beliefs]

02:28 PM on 01/10/2012

where are humans suppose to live? According to your idiotic logic, the answer is nowhere.

[SPUD Plucker]

01:25 PM on 01/21/2012

ummm... I think that he was employing a bit of sarcasm there.

[Buffyboy]

01:40 PM on 01/09/2012

I lost Spanky last week. Does he have a diamond stud in his ear?

[japhya1]

01:12 PM on 01/09/2012

Tru dat, now get over it

[begoniac]

04:03 PM on 01/09/2012

You live in the White House? Leave Bo alone!

[gameused4u]

12:24 PM on 01/09/2012

Dang! So that was what was making the noise in the toilet bowl last night! No wonder I couldn't flush it in the dark...And here I thought that there plunger I used on it had done the job!

[heldt666]

12:13 PM on 01/09/2012

In a related story, tourists were surprised to see kangaroos while touring the outback.

[aearthling59]

12:48 PM on 01/09/2012

LOL, I was in Australia, the only place I saw kangaross and koalas was at the zoo.

[SPUD Plucker]

01:34 PM on 01/21/2012

How much of Australia were you in? Can you say concisely that you have empirically proved the absence of wild kangaroos and koala's in Australian lands? By what scale can we measure your powers of perception, that you could indeed detect the presence of a kangaroo or koala if you were exposed to one? If this claim is indeed true, it should be documented and made known to the masses... who may currently be stereotyping the country of Australia as a kangaroo and koala populated region.

[thisndat]

11:12 AM on 01/09/2012

I used to come home and find my mother-in-law on the couch all the time. I called the authorities, but they did nothing. And let me tell you, she was frightening and ugly. Still is. Does an ex mother-in-law become an out-law?

[matdough]

12:12 PM on 01/09/2012

Put a CROC on the sofa !

[jnsburke7]

10:47 AM on 01/09/2012

Keep doors closed and that'll keep crocks out.

[mrmarvingc]

10:27 AM on 01/09/2012

"How many times do I have to tell you kids to close the door when you come in?"

[matdough]

12:13 PM on 01/09/2012

Yeah, your leaving the crocs out !

[practicalnomad]

10:23 AM on 01/09/2012

Glad nobody was hurt! Can you imagine walking into your living room and seeing a 5 1/2 foot Crocodile? Crikey!!!!!!

[hlnpayne]

11:56 AM on 01/09/2012

people should keep their doors and doggie doors locked..especially if they live in areas thathave water around like lakes and rivers

[jasflalmt]

12:04 PM on 01/09/2012

The article stated it was a partially enclosed living room area. I guess they have an exterior sun room that doesn't have a door or doggie door.

[SPUD Plucker]

01:38 PM on 01/21/2012

5.5 feet? That's a new pet. you know at Least 1 foot is all tail... so that is just a squeak toy. Granted... with some teeth.

[myangel06]

09:32 AM on 01/09/2012

that would be so scary to wake up to wow...they are so dangerous glad no one got hurt.
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[dennismcmh]

09:30 AM on 01/09/2012

C R I K E Y ! ! ! ! !

[wra3577984]

09:22 AM on 01/09/2012

thats one lucky dog!

[fetchmasters]

03:16 PM on 01/09/2012

No kidding! That definitely could have turned out worse than it did! http://www.fetchmasters.com

[DennisTheMenance]

05:39 PM on 01/21/2012

Ditto, could have heard the dog Barking and only it's tail hanging out of it's mouth, barking from it's stomach..

[rkeeeballs]

09:21 AM on 01/09/2012

Honey, go fetch the news paper for me.......please.......