Crocodile found by boy lurking in a creek near family's home, 1,200 miles from its tropical habitat
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Stephanie Kirsop didn't believe her son when he phoned to say a crocodile was lurking in a creek near their home. In:
Stephanie Kirsop didn't believe her son when he phoned to say a crocodile was lurking in a creek near their home.
The family live in the temperate coastal city of Newcastle, which is 1,200 miles south of Australia's crocodile habitat in the tropical north.
Lionel Saunders, 12, and his friends had spotted the juvenile meter-long croc early Saturday afternoon. Authorities were initially skeptical of the reported find but had caught the elusive reptile by Sunday night.
"My son took videos because he was trying to convince me it was real and I didn't believe him. It did look like a crocodile but I was like, no it's a log," Kirsop said Tuesday.
"He rang me back a little bit later and he's like: 'I'm so serious mom. You have to come down here and have a look,'" Kirsop said. "The whole drive down there I'm thinking this is going to be a trick. They're going to laugh at me."
