Crocodile river

2008-05-29 18:36:22 -

A crocodile has appeared in a German river.
Two municipal employees in Hildesheim say they saw the reptile and city officials have since called in experts to try to find the animal – which is not native to Germany.
The employees got a five-minute look at the crocodile on a backwater of the Innerste river, before the two-and-a-half foot animal disappeared into the brush.
Hildesheim city spokesman Horst Richter says the employees’ story is being taken seriously as one of them is an avid reptile fan, although it is unclear whether the animal is a crocodile, an alligator or a caiman.