Police were called after a dog walker reported seeing a “little crocodile” in a swamp.
Officers attended the scene in the Loddiswell, Devon, and discovered the object was a plastic crocodile.
An image of the suspected reptile was first posted on the Spotted Kingsbridge page on Facebook.
The post, accompanied with a picture, read: “Little crocodile seen at Woodleigh whilst walking the dogs”.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said: “Police were notified at around 9am this morning to reports of what looked like a crocodile in a swamp in Loddiswell, Kingsbridge.
“Officers attended the scene and it later expired that this was a plastic crocodile.”
The force has experience of tackling toy crocodiles.
In October 2014, police and wildlife experts were called to a garden in Plymouth after reports of a crocodile.
A team from Dartmoor Zoo attended the scene with snare poles, nets and riot shields – only to discover that the crocodile was an inflatable.
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