Croc spotted in village pond

A mum has revealed how she came face to face with a crocodile - in a village duck pond in Cornwall.

Stacey Clayton was feeding the ducks with baby daughter Alanna when she spotted what looked like a 2ft log in the water, says the Sun.

Stacey, 20, said: "Then I realised it had eyes. I thought to myself: "Logs don't blink!"

"I threw a stone at it and it lifted its head and looked straight at me. I saw its tail and about a dozen teeth coming down from its jaw."

Stacey fled home in St Blazey, Cornwall, and called the RSPCA.

Officials think the beast may be a Cayman - a relative of the crocodile.

Caymans are sometimes kept as pets and the RSPCA reckons the pond predator has escaped from its owner.

Another local had reported seeing a moorhen being dragged below the surface of the pond by an unseen creature.

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