8-Foot Crocodile Found Just Hanging Out Under Poor Guy’s Bed

You might get over your fear of monsters under your bed when you’re about 12, but when you grow up, you might have to worry about crocodiles under your bed. Seriously.

Guy Whittall slept soundly, woke up and planned his day sitting on the edge of his bed. He then moved into the kitchen to enjoy some breakfast before heading out of his lodge in beautiful Zimbabwe when he heard his maid let out a bloodcurdling shriek.

Horrified, he ran back to his room to see an 8-foot crocodile weighing at least 150 kg, laying under his bed. He had slept over it all night, dangled his feet over its face as he organized his day, and walked casually away from it for a spot of breakfast.

“The really disconcerting thing about the whole episode is the fact that I was sitting on the edge of the bed that morning, bare foot and just centimeters away from the croc,” Whittall told the Daily Star.

“Crocodiles are experts at hiding, that’s why they have survived on Earth for so long and why they are the ultimate killers in water. They know how to keep quiet and go unnoticed, it’s in their nature,” he continued.

Whittall explained that the croc came from the Turgwe River a few kilometers from the house.

“They often wander about the bush especially when it’s cold and raining. I think he liked it under the bed because it was warm.”

He enlisted a few co-workers to help him wrangle the crocodile. Whittall was very detailed in his account of the croc’s capture.

“Catching and securing a croc of any size on land though is a fairly straight forward affair and we are experienced in that. The only real danger is getting bitten because it can’t drown you. The most important thing is to get its snout roped and secured and then it’s just a matter of restraining it and covering its eyes, to calm it down. Bigger crocs require more manpower obviously though. When roped they thrash around frantically and are extremely powerful.”

Dude, enough. I’m already impressed that you didn’t fill both sides of your pants when you saw the thing.

“I just remember thinking goodness gracious, that’s one for the books,” he concluded.

Whittall and team were able to safely release his 8-foot crocodile intruder back into the wild. But now that it’s an “inside” croc, do they really think it won’t come back?

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