A nervous man called for help when he thought the reptile that raided his house was a crocodile but it turned out to be a large monitor lizard.<br /><br />The frantic resident rang the emergency services to help him catch a "crocodile" that hid inside his house in Ang Thong, central Thailand.<br /><br />Footage from last Sunday morning (June 28) shows the rescuers attempting to catch the reptile that was in fact just a monitor lizard.<br /><br />They covered the reptile's head with a cloth before they tied it up and brought it out of the house.<br /><br />The house owner said he was baffled after the reptile had raided into his house before running straight to the television, where it stretched out on the ground.<br /><br />He said: "At first I thought it was a crocodile because I only saw a glimpse of it but when I took a closer look I realised it was just a big monitor lizard.<br /><br />"I was confused by its long tail. The rescue team came and caught it in my living room."
