Cover image via Long Cherng Yee/Facebook
A man in Johor was shocked to discover a giant monitor lizard climbing over the front gate of his home yesterday, 1 July
Long Cherng Yee posted photos of the monitor lizard on Facebook, which have since made its rounds on social media.
The post has since received over 2,900 Facebook shares.
Image via Long Cherng Yee/Facebook
The creature was seen chilling on his gate, seemingly taking in its surroundings
Two dogs were seen in a photo presumably puzzled and barking at the gigantic creature.
Image via Long Cherng Yee/Facebook
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"You might have pet dogs at home but I have a small 'crocodile' here!" the man wrote in the post
Image via Long Cherng Yee/Facebook
Image via Long Cherng Yee/Facebook
Image via Long Cherng Yee/Facebook
Although it is unclear what had happened to the monitor lizard after it hung out at the gate, Long posted a photo in the comments showing Emergency Medical Rescue Service personnel at the scene.
Meanwhile, the whole situation has left netizens in high spirits
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Several jokingly asked the man if he cooked the animal
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Image via Facebook
Image via Facebook
"Cooking curry or steaming?" wrote one netizen.
"The end result," wrote another while posting a photo of a bowl of curry.
"Since there's salted chicken, let's have a salted 'lizard'," one person commented.
Others even called the creature a mini 'Godzilla'
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Image via Facebook
"That's mini godzilla, you didn't save it!" one person commented.
