KUCHING: A family was getting ready for sahur at 4am yesterday when they heard a loud thump outside their house. Surprised that someone would pay a visit at such an early hour, Mohd Ali Jais, 51, looked out of the window to check on the visitor.
Imagine his shock when he saw a crocodile slamming its tail on the door of the chicken coop. Ali's house at Kampung Tanjung, Petra Jaya, is near a river.
"The reptile was almost blocking the path in front of my house. I immediately called my neighbours and we tried to catch the crocodile before it caught us.
"It was is about 1.5m long and weighed about 50kg.
"It took us almost half an hour to capture the beast. It was scary."
Ali said the village people knew there were crocodiles in the nearby river, but this was the first one that had come so close to their homes.
"The swamps upriver are where most of the crocodile nests are. There were a few sightings by the villagers there. But this is the first time we have seen one coming ashore to our village."
The crocodile was later handed over to the Sarawak Forestry Corporation.
(Sahur is the last meal in the early morning before fasting begins for the day)
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