Beast of Bristol resurfaces with fourth snap of 'crocodile'
Jun 29, 2014 18:19:42 GMT 10
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Post by theshee on Jun 29, 2014 18:19:42 GMT 10
Is it a log? Is it a plastic bag? Or could it be the clearest picture yet of the elusive Bristol crocodile that might just be lurking in the river Avon.
A jogger spotted the fearsome beast, if beast it is, cruising the murky waters near the Clifton suspension bridge. The alarmed runner, Tamara Blanco, said: "I could feel my hair start to stand on end and I thought: 'Oh my God, is it a crocodile?' and I just left the place."
The alleged reptile was first supposedly spotted in February by a bus driver and prompted the police to launch a semi-serious hunt for the animal.
It looked as if the story, which made headlines across the world, was running out of legs when it emerged that a film company had made a horror flick about crocs terrorising the nearby Somerset Levels. The film-makers insisted they had not manufactured the creature's appearances as a publicity stunt. And then it went quiet until Blanco, 29, captured an image of what does look like a crocodile's snout.
Blanco, a shop assistant, said: "I was running close to the suspension bridge and suddenly I saw something in the water. I had heard about a crocodile but that was a long time ago, so when I went home I checked on the internet and I saw that other people had seen it too.
"I felt scared at the time because the thing – whatever it was – was moving in the water. I wanted to stay to see it properly but there was no one around and I just didn't feel comfortable."
Fears that a crocodile was on the loose in Bristol were first triggered when Nick Gargan, Avon and Somerset police chief constable, tweeted that a bus driver had reported a sighting. He said police had launched an investigation but found no trace of the animal.
A second sighting of the alleged crocodile came from Kelly Gray, a 41-year-old mother of three from Bishopsworth, who believes she saw the beast two days later.
A local councillor, Tom Aditya, also took video footage seeming to capture the creature a week later.
Since then the purported crocodile had not been spotted until Blanco was out on her run on Tuesday evening.
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