Remember the bus driver who saw a crocodile?

[gozzer]

Well, if you scoffed at him then hang your heads in shame.

 

There's video evidence at last!

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2556951/Is-infamous-Bristol-crocodile-Town-councillor-captures-video-believes-PROVES-giant-reptile-living-River-Avon.html

 

I mean, what more 'convincing' evidence do you need, it's in the Daily Mail.

 

John.

[kirisute]

almost certainly not crocodilian in nature.

looks like a swimming coypu to me or something far more similar to that....dare I say even "otterish" in nature???? (joke) from the screen grabs...once you watch the video I would suggest its the lesser spotted brown logfish! common relative of the flurty turd fish found on the british coast but not nearly as dangerous!!

regardless; doesn't have the shape or profile to be any of the crocodilian species that might be released or escaped in the area.

given the current climate any reptile in the river system wouldn't last long regardless....

wasn't there a croc horror film being filmed nearby anyway?

 

though to be fair there are numerous cryptid reports for most of the Uk cities with waterways....Birmingham has had more than its fair share of them with a notable flurry of reports of giant eels causing mayhem in the canals as well as entering gardens and devouring pets etc

http://www.mania.com/lair-beasts-creature-canal_article_120723.html

 

personally I don't care what paper/rag reports them...they always make a jolly good read.

 

on another note: how of earth in todays society can anyone take such bloody awful pictures of anything at all! ever!!!

we carry 5000 mega pixel cameras with smart phones that can record full hd video and make our coffee for us and still some blithering dumbass can only produce a photo that resembles a something from a Kodak camera of the 70's!!!

Edited February 13, 2014 by kirisute

[Rice Crackers]

Assuming it's a crocodile from another country, lets just be grateful the mail didn't describe it as an immigrant

[Steve Walker]

Yes, crocodiles living happily and actively in river water which is now - what, 6C? Bloody cold, anyway!

 

http://www.florida-guides.com/documents/cold-briefing_2_2_10.pdf

[gozzer]

I don't think they are happy, or many of them even living, Steve. (yes I got the sarcasm eventually )

 

But this man's a councillor, so he must know better than we do. The people would never vote in an idiot....would they?

 

John.

Edited February 13, 2014 by gozzer

[Steve Walker]

You know there is a tributary of the Dane called the Croco? I remember a school friend trying to tell me there were fish in there called "dials"

[kirisute]

Yes, crocodiles living happily and actively in river water which is now - what, 6C? Bloody cold, anyway!

 

http://www.florida-guides.com/documents/cold-briefing_2_2_10.pdf

one of the primary reasons most cryptid sightings are dismissed in UK waterways. escaped snakes, crocodilians, etc etc simply cant handle the average temps of our systems unless they are lucky enough to escape/be released during a warm summer.

im not sure of the temps terrapins can handle but I know there are a few breeding colonies now; so im guessing there are other turtles etc (*seem to recall a snapping turtle pulled out of a lake somewhere a few years back?)

[Steve Walker]

The natural range of the red eared terrapin extends into zone 6 of the USA - on that winter hardiness scale, the UK is zone 7-10, where smaller numbers mean lower average minimum winter temperatures - so definitely potential to overwinter here.

[Phone]

All,

 

Most "northern" crocs spend the winter in the sewers. (New York). I don't believe that and I don't believe the object in the river is a croc. In fact, I kinda think the river is moving and the object is stationary.

 

Phone

[Ken L]

Looks like a log to me - but if you fancy a bit of fun down at the local duck pond, you will need a conrete weight with an eybolt in it, a couple of screw in eyes, a length of fishing line and one of these.

Just set the weight where you want it to pop up, run the line to where you're fishing/hiding and pull it tight enough to pull crocy under until someone comes to feed the ducks - then slacken off and let him pop up.