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| Crocodile in Melbourne front yard surprises couple on Christmas Day | Crocodile in Melbourne front yard surprises couple on Christmas Day |
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| A couple of Melbourne walkers got a Christmas Day croc shock when they found a one-metre-long saltwater crocodile in a Heidelberg Heights front yard about 8.30pm on Monday. | A couple of Melbourne walkers got a Christmas Day croc shock when they found a one-metre-long saltwater crocodile in a Heidelberg Heights front yard about 8.30pm on Monday. |
| Police were sceptical, and thought they would find a large lizard instead, but there was indeed a crocodile on the loose in suburban Melbourne. | Police were sceptical, and thought they would find a large lizard instead, but there was indeed a crocodile on the loose in suburban Melbourne. |
| Officers called in a snake catcher, Mark Pelley, who will hold on to the reptile until the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning can collect it. | Officers called in a snake catcher, Mark Pelley, who will hold on to the reptile until the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning can collect it. |
| Pelley said he had received a phone call about 8.40pm from Victoria police saying: “There’s a crocodile walking the streets and it’s currently outside a medical centre.” | Pelley said he had received a phone call about 8.40pm from Victoria police saying: “There’s a crocodile walking the streets and it’s currently outside a medical centre.” |
| “This is a phone call I’ve always been waiting for,” he told 3AW. “I found five police members being stared down by a decent-sized crocodile, about three and a half foot, and the crocodile wouldn’t back down.” | “This is a phone call I’ve always been waiting for,” he told 3AW. “I found five police members being stared down by a decent-sized crocodile, about three and a half foot, and the crocodile wouldn’t back down.” |
| The snake catcher’s friend tried to distract the croc so Pelley could throw something over its eyes. | The snake catcher’s friend tried to distract the croc so Pelley could throw something over its eyes. |
| “However, the crocodile was a bit too smart for the both of us and decided to run off into the bush,” Pelley said. | “However, the crocodile was a bit too smart for the both of us and decided to run off into the bush,” Pelley said. |
| So he lunged forward to grab the creature by the tail, picked it up and put it into a box. | So he lunged forward to grab the creature by the tail, picked it up and put it into a box. |
| Where the creature came from remains a mystery to police. | Where the creature came from remains a mystery to police. |