A giant crocodile sparked panic after getting lost then appearing next to a village in a rice field. <br /><br />The four-metre long reptile emerged near homes in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, Monday (July 20). <br /><br />It sauntered through the muddy rice fields as locals ran around to see - with some believing it was a spiritual sign.<br /><br />Alif Kawaru said: ''Elders here say that it could be a crocodile that deliberately went ashore to look for his missing twin.''<br /><br />In some places in Indonesia, there is a myth that some crocodiles are all twins. <br /><br />"There were no casualties, the crocodile survived and returned to the river," Alif Kawaru added. <br /><br />The Ladongi Sector Police Chief, Inspector Trimo Susanto, said police and army members also came to the crocodile's location in the fields after receiving reports from residents. <br /><br />The police escorted the residents who herded the giant crocodile to return to their habitat. <br /><br />"Crocodiles are herded into irrigation channels connected to the Iwoikondo River," Trimo said.
