According to the ekriti.gr news portal, two firemen reported a crocodile diving into a lake during their patrol near a river dam in Crete. The local Director of Transportation and Plumbing Works Vangelis Mamagakis stated that the two firemen saw the two-meter crocodile moving along the shore before plunging into the lake.
“At first we thought it was a practical joke, but as soon as we realized that they were reliable witnesses, we began investigating” Mamagakis continued. An investigation is about to begin, in order to confirm the existence of the reptile and whether it is the only one.
With crocodiles being a rather rare sight in Greece, Mr. Mamagakis believes that the crocodile may have been kept as a pet at a home or by a visiting zoo and was subsequently abandoned.
