Police investigate reports of crocodile on the loose in Somerset stream

Police were alerted after a crocodile was apparently spotted in a stream between Clevedon and Kingston Seymour in Somerset.

A Clevedon resident's morning walk was interrupted when they noticed an unusual shape in the stream to the side of the road.



On closer inspection, the shape looked very much like a crocodile - and the walker snapped a photograph, saying: "It blinked at me."

The walker later emailed Avon and Somerset Police who asked for the picture to be a sent as a matter of urgency. They said they would analyse the picture and decide how to take action.