Watch: Indian Man Carries Crocodile On His Shoulder, Video Goes Viral
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Before carrying the crocodile on his shoulders, the forest department official tied the reptile's mouth and limbs with cloth and rope.
A man in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has gone viral after he was spotted carrying a massive, 20-foot-long, 150-kg live crocodile on his shoulder, much to the amazement of the onlookers. The footage shared widely on social media, showed the man, believed to be a forest official, carrying the crocodile that had terrorised the villagers for the last three weeks. Fearing another attack from the crocodile, the villagers called the forest officials who managed to usher the reptile away. मगरमच्छ को कंधे पर लादकर ले जाते युवक का वीडियो सोशल मीडिया पर तेजी से हो वायरल !!बीते तीन हफ्ते से गांव में दहशत फैलाए था विशालकाय मगरमच्छ !!तीन हफ्ते की कड़ी निगरानी के बाद वनविभाग की टीम और एक्सपर्ट लोगों ने मगरमच्छ को पकड़ा !!हमीरपुर का वायरल वीडियो !!#ViralVideo… pic.twitter.com/jKT6eJxUjX
Notably, the crocodile was first spotted in the Pauthiyakhurd village, located within Hamirpur district, in a pond about a month ago. Villagers coming to the pond for water were forced to seek alternatives as the crocodile ascertained its territory.
After being called in, the forest officials tracked the movement of the crocodile over several days before hatching the plan to capture it and relocate it elsewhere, with the cooperation of villagers.
