Australian Woman Finds Live Crocodile In Her Living Room

An Australian woman has told how she got up in the middle of the night to find a saltwater crocodile in her living room.

Jo Dodd got up to investigate when her dog started barking and found herself face-to-face with the 5ft 6ins croc.

"Our dog was outside the bedroom door barking loudly," said Ms Dodd, 42, who lives in Darwin. "I opened the sliding door and saw the crocodile right outside the door. It is pretty full-on when there is a crocodile in your lounge room - I nearly died."

Ms Dodd woke up her husband, Micko Srbinovska, 42, who grabbed his guitar to fend off the 'salty' as he edged towards the phone. He called the local Crocodile Management Unit who sent out female crocodile catcher Dani Best to remove the angry reptile.

Ms Dodd added: "It was prehistoric. The hissing sounded like a vampire. Then it went into its death rolls - the power of this thing was just phenomenal.

"She just jumped on top of it, taped up its snout, back and front legs."

The crocodile was a suspected escapee from the nearby Darwin Crocodile Farm.