A family in Yorkshire were left stunned after spotting what they believed to be a crocodile roaming their neighbour's garden.
The latest incident is just one of a number of sightings of the so-called 'Castleford Croc', with several others reporting seeing a scaly beast around the area.
The recent photo was taken by Sarah Jayne Ellis in a garden close to Savile Road near the River Aire.
She estimates that the creature was 3 to 4ft long and 'looked real'.
She told Yorkshire Live : "I thought 'that's a crocodile'."
Sarah, who works as a nurse, didn't get a chance to investigate further as she'd just done a night shift and needed to sleep.
She says that it didn't move when she saw it but several hours later it had gone.
Sarah showed the photo to her sister-in-law Kate Ellis Holmes, a deputy headteacher from Huddersfield, who said family members were shocked.
Kate said: "I was just genuinely in disbelief when she was telling the story. When I saw the picture I was in disbelief.
"I thought it was bizarre and a really interesting story."
She added: "It definitely looks like a crocodile."
Sarah thinks the possible existence of a croc in Castleford needs to be investigated, particularly following a similar sighting last year.
In May last year, Yorkshire wildlife snapper Lee Collings was shocked to stumble across a croc or a caiman on a visit to the Fairburn Ings nature reserve.
Sadly the professional snapper was unable to get a picture of the toothy reptile before it scuttled away after just a few seconds.
He said he was on a family walk and not out equipped for his normal photography work, hence why he was unable to get a picture to prove his sighting.
Lee added he was ridiculed about his claim with a man dubbing it the "Cass-ness monster".
But later more people came forward claiming to have seen something at another nearby lake.
One took a video of what they believe is a crocodile submerged in the water at St Aidan's nature reserve at Swillington near Leeds, only a few miles away.
Lee said he had now heard someone had dumped a caiman - a smaller reptile from the crocodile species - which looked more like what he thought he had seen.
Last year Lee said: "I am 46 years old and have been a birdwatcher for over 30 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this, other than a crocodile or alligator.
"It walked like it was rigid. It moved slow, but too fast to photograph it by the time I realised what I thought it was.
"It was 3ft to 4ft in length and about 4ins to 5ins high."
