An 8ft-long crocodile has terrified villagers after it went inside a house in search of prey for its dinner and shocked the family that was fast asleep.
Around 10.30pm on Saturday, the local media reported that the family of Harnam Singh in Jaitia village in Etawah, in the state of Western Uttar Pradesh, was woken up by their goat bleating unusually loud.
They got up to see what the commotion was about and were horrified to find an eight-foot-long crocodile near the goats.
The crocodile soon entered one of the rooms, and that’s when all hell broke loose.
The family called the police who told them to lock the reptile inside the house, so the family stayed awake outside with the goats while the beast was locked inside their house.
It was only at around six in the morning when the wildlife department arrived at the scene and started the rescue operation
It took the rescue team about an hour to grab the crocodile and safely remove it from Mr Singh's house.
“We don’t know how it entered the house. When we heard the goats’ bleating at night, we realised something is wrong and found a crocodile,” Mr Singh said to local media.
When Mr Singh’s daughter tried to see why her grandmother was shouting and opened the door to her room, that’s when the reptile entered the room.
The villagers stayed awake with the family until help arrived early morning on Sunday.
Dr Tripathi who led to rescue operation said that the crocodile was not a fully-grown adult, it was a juvenile that had gone in search of food.
“We checked the crocodile and found that it is eight feet long. The reptile’s age is between 1.5 to 2 years,” he said.
He continued: “The villagers were very scared but we decided against carrying out the rescue operation at night as this crocodile is very aggressive.”
He said that the reptile was from a freshwater canal nearby and it will be put back where it came from.
Three weeks ago, a 6ft crocodile snuck into a family bathroom of a family in the Gujarat state in Western India.
Locals said that crocodiles scaling the areas is nothing new.
"[The area] is known for having a good population of crocodiles. So, at times, crocodiles sneak out from the pond and enter into our village," Udaysinh Bhikhabhai Rathod told the Times of India.
