Uninvited visitors hardly ever make for good company, especially when said guest just happens to be a carnivorous reptile.
A family of five in Neemuch district got the shock of their lives when they woke up on Wednesday to find a crocodile in their house.
The reptile, about six feet long, had reached the village with the overflowing water from the Morwan Dam. It entered the house in the dead of night and stayed over in one of the four rooms until Rajaram Regar spotted the crocodile at around 3 am.
Fortunately, no one from the family was in that room.
Soon, other village residents collected around the house and called the police, who subsequently informed the forest Department to help with the intruder.
Deputy ranger Jagritsingh Jhala and his team successfully captured the crocodile after two hours of hard work. The officials then released the reptile in the Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary.
Meanwhile, like every year with the start of rains crocodiles were found moving freely in Shivpuri.
At one place the people showed courage and caught the reptile while at other place two crocodiles after roaming at the Court Road of the city drowned in the nullah at Thandi Sadak.
In both the cases peoples clicked photographs and shoot videos clearly depicting crocodiles moving at Court Road and in the Gandhi Colony.
People in the Gandhi Colony were shocked to find a crocodile moving in the back area of the colony.
The forest department rescue team was immediately informed but despite repeated calls there came no reply so the few of the enthusiastic persons showed courage and caught this crocodile.