- Australian man found an unwelcome three-metre long crocodile at front door
- Clayton Gray returned to his far north Queensland home at 1.30am on Saturday
- Mr Gray heard a rustle as local police told him to be careful and avoid the reptile
An Australian man returned home in the early hours of Saturday morning to find a huge crocodile waiting for him at his front door.
Clayton Gray, from Port Douglas in far north Queensland, was shocked to find the three-metre long crocodile sitting by his front door at 1.30am.
Local police had spotted the huge creature casually strolling along the road, pushing the crocodile onto Mr Gray’s front yard.
Clayton Gray, from Port Douglas in far north Queensland, was shocked to find a three-metre long crocodile sitting by his front door at 1.30am
‘I’m lucky to be alive, it was right there,’ My Gray told 7 News.
‘I heard a rustle and I went to look before my phone rang – it was Sergeant Damian Meadows and he said “Clay, get inside now”.’
Sgt Meadows believed the reptile was probably ‘looking for a lady friend’ as it strolled down the residential street.
The crocodile was seen at Mr Gray’s front door after being pushed off the road by police
The animal was found walking the streets of Port Douglas in the early hours of Saturday morning
Video captured by police shows the scaly creature being pushed off the road as an officer can be heard saying: ‘What do we do about this?’
‘We’re pushing it into someone’s yard!’
The animal eventually moved from Mr Gray’s front door to a neighbour’s garage.
The crocodile was escorted down an alleyway and, after 45 minutes of coaxing, was left at a water drain.