DARWIN, Australia -- A seven-foot (two-meter) crocodile has been found swimming in the pool of a home in the far north Australian city of Darwin, the Northern Territory News reported Sunday.
But mystery surrounds how the freshwater crocodile -- named "Sammy Fetchen" -- got into the pool, which was fully fenced off.
Matt Lynch, 22, said he thought someone had put a fake crocodile in the pool of his home at Larrakeyah.
"Then we poked it with a pole," he said. "And it was real."
Resident Josh Jeffries, 20, said he was going to start charging Sammy rent to reside in their saltwater pool.
"I want to keep him as a pet," he said.
Jeffries said the crocodile must have got into the pool some time between 4 am and 9 am.
"Two girls went swimming at 4 am ... and they don't think the croc was in there," he said. "(But) where would it have come from?"
Scott Forsyth, 25, said: "I reckon it jumped off the balcony."
But crocodile catcher Joey Buckerfield said the reptile had most likely burrowed under the fence because his scales were damaged.
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