Drunk Man In Gujarat Tries To 'Chat' With A Crocodile, Video Of His Antics Goes Viral
A drunken man was seen having a tete-a-tete with a crocodile, which he thought of as a mother figure. Patel addressed the animal as his mother and could be seen bowing before it and patting its back without any fear of possible harm from it.
Most of us choose to drink responsibly. There are some who slip up and sway with the whims of alcohol and in the process end up doing some ridiculous things. Like this drunk man from Gujarat who thought having a friendly chat with a crocodile was a great idea.
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According to reports, the incident took place on the banks of a pond near Juna Bazaar in Karjan town.
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The crowd saw Pankaj Patel exchanging a word or two with what he thought as his mother, a huge crocodile. Pankaj Patel told officials that he touched the crocodile after goddess Maa Khodiyar asked him to do so in his dream. The goddess is popularly depicted as sitting on a crocodile.
The man told the crocodile, ¡°We should put a garland of roses around you. Forgive me, my mother. She has come here to lay eggs but people break the eggs.¡±
"Upon learning about the incident from social media, we booked Pankaj Patel under relevant sections of the Wildlife Protection Act and detained him for questioning." said Deputy Conservator Of Forest, Vadodara, Kartik Maharaj.
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Patel addressed the animal as his mother and could be seen bowing before it and patting its back without any fear of possible harm from it. The people witnessing the man¡¯s antics from a distance and shooting on their mobile phones were shouting at him to back off.
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Last year, a man was seen entering a bear enclosure in Warsaw Zoo and then picking up a fight with the wild animal. A nearly one-minute long video showed the 23-year-old man standing inside the enclosure and while the bear walked towards him, he jumped into the tunnel of water to have an escape. While he swam to the other side, the bear too jumped inside the water and the two were then seen fighting each other.
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According to reports, firefighters had to be called in immediately to tackle the situation and rescue the man, who has been reported to be inebriated. He was charged with animal cruelty and also for not wearing a face mask (mandatory in Poland).
