Locals in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri on Sunday spotted an unusual visitor after a crocodile came out of a river and was seen strolling on a rain-swept road.
A video of the incident showed the 8-foot-long reptile roaming around on the road in Ratnagiri’s Chiplun area. According to the news agency PTI, the video was shot by an autorickshaw driver in Chinchnaka area of Chiplun town in Ratnagiri district amid a steady downpour, an official said.
A few other vehicles are also seen in the video, which shows an autorickshaw trying tail the crocodile with its headlight on.As per the locals, the Shiva River which flows through the city is the home of several crocodiles, and it is suspected that one of them had come out of the river amidst the heavy rainfall.
Earlier last year, in a similar incident, people in Vadodara spotted a crocodile on the road near the Vishwamitri river as the monsoon arrived in the state.
The 12-foot crocodile had come out of Vadodara’s Vishwamitri river, a usual occurrence in the area during the monsoon season. Later, the forest officials captured the reptile and released it back into the river.
