This is the terrifying moment a huge monitor lizard panics diners as it strolls through a packed food court at lunchtime.<br /><br />The venomous, metre-long lizard was caught on camera as it scattered spooked customers at the beachside venue in Padang Kota, in Penang, in Malaysia, on 31st May.<br /><br />In trembling handheld phone footage, diners are seen shrieking in terror as they leap up on tables and benches while the lizard struts through the eateries.<br /><br />Others leap out of its way until one restaurant worker manages to encourage it back towards the beach as the clip ends.<br /><br />The lizard is understood to have been an Asian water monitor, only second in size to the fearsome Komodo dragon.<br />Video: NewsX
