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Key Highlights Mahendra Padhiyar, a resident of Vadodara, woke up after midnight to a sound that came from his bathroom At first, he believed it was probably a cat. But when he opened the bathroom door, he saw a crocodile staring at him

Finding dangerous reptiles in the living room, garden, kitchen, and bathroom is considered to be very ‘routine’ in many parts of Australia. In fact, the outbacks of the land down under have a notorious reputation for sheltering some of the most exotic crocodiles and snakes in the world. However, in India, crocodiles entering private residences are an extremely rare occurrence. Snake sightings, on the other hand, are quite common in many parts of the country.

But recently, a man from Gujarat got the shock of his life when he woke up in the middle of the night to a loud sound and discovered a crocodile in his bathroom.

Mahendra Padhiyar, a resident of Vadodara, woke up after midnight to a sound that came from his bathroom. At first, he believed it was probably a cat. But when he opened the bathroom door, he saw a crocodile staring at him.

Mahendra said the crocodile was four-and-a-half-feet in size and was staring back at him with its jaws open. Shocked by the incident, Mahendra called the Wildlife Rescue Trust (WRT) for help, and their members turned up at his house at 2:45 in the morning.

A video of the crocodile being rescued has now gone viral on social media.

Watch it here:

"We got a call from Padhiyar following which we reached the spot at about 2:45 AM. It was a bit tough to rescue the reptile as it was dark. The crocodile was aggressive," a member of the Wildlife Rescue Trust told TOI.

The reptile was rescued from Mahendra's house after an hour-long operation. WRT volunteers said it must've crawled out of the Vishwamitri river.

The Vishwamitri river is home to hundreds of reptiles that often venture out into the residential colonies nearby.

When Vadodara witnessed floods in the month of August, a shocking video clip of a crocodile attacking a dog on a waterlogged street in Vadodara went viral on social media.