Thursday 6 February 2014

Just several months after a alien-like creature was spotted floating on river Avon (read here), a crocodile was sighted for the second time.The first one happened on Monday, when a bus driver claimed to have seen a large croc under the bridge in Bedminster (read more). Yesterday, a second sighting captured all attention of news: a woman spotted the mysterious animal while she was close to the river (read more). 

Picture taken from Bristol Post. Thanks! ;)

This is not the first time a crocodile has been seen swimming peacefully in the UK: in 2000, some people in Newcastle reported having spotted a large reptile around a park  and in 2008, another one was seen near Swansea (read here). It is nevertheless a very surprising story.

Bristol Aquarium said they will take care of the crocodile after the rumour of a reptile escape started to reinforce.  Now, the crocodile has a name (Chris), two Twitter accounts (@BristolCroc and @theBristolCroc), a song (listen it) and a dedicated graffity titled "Naughty Chris". The crocodile was immortalized by Bristol street artist Rowdy, who posted a picture of his work in his Facebook page. In the graffiti, we can see a crocodile "devouring" someone wearing red trousers, probably George Ferguson, major of Bristol. He actually took it with humour: "Good for Rowdy, I'm a great fan of his work and his wicked sense of humour!", he said to Bristol Post.


Whether the spotted creature was actually a crocodile or a piece of wood... it's a mystery. Now, this is what I would suggest to anyone willing to set up a new business in Bristol: you should go for a mystery creature sightseeing cruise business!
Posted by Great little place called Bristol On Thursday, February 06, 2014 1 comment

1 comment:

  1. It must have swam all the way from Dundee and on its way to Somerset,who took the snap anyway,not shedding any are you? oh no its getting worse

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