We may be fixated with alligators, but crocodiles are alive and well.
A couple of beachgoers found that out on Monday morning, when a six-foot croc was spotted on the beach in Hollywood.
The city of Hollywood tweeted a picture of the creature, with the caption: “Beach Safety is keeping swimmers and beachgoers a safe distance away and @MyFWC has been contacted. Marine Patrol reported seeing the croc earlier around the Dania Beach Pier area.”
6' croc spotted on #HollywoodBeach this morning. Beach Safety is keeping swimmers and beachgoers a safe distance away and @MyFWC has been contacted. Marine Patrol reported seeing the croc earlier around the Dania Beach Pier area. pic.twitter.com/y81GRv8q6H
— City of Hollywood,FL (@cohgov) November 20, 2017
Joann Hussey, a spokeswoman for Hollywood, said that authorities had cordoned off the area and kept swimmers away while crews from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission were called. She added that the croc was first spotted swimming in the ocean near the pier before it drifted south and came ashore around Johnson Street, near the Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort.
Read more at our news partner, the Miami Herald.
