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Lifelike Plastic Crocodile Prompts Police Response in Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis

Officers say the reported reptile was a realistic figure posing no danger.

Overview

  • A walker reported a crocodile at the shore of a pond between Beindersheim and Großniedesheim on Saturday.
  • Police were alerted around 3 p.m. to Großniedesheimer Straße in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis and responded to the scene.
  • Officers located what appeared to be a crocodile before determining it was a lifelike plastic figure.
  • Authorities reported no danger to the public and no evidence of a real animal at the site.
  • The origin of the decoy remains unknown, and regional outlets reported the episode as a local curiosity on March 1.