7-Eleven lizard: In Thailand, six-foot water monitor discovered scaling shelves

Shrieking bystanders recorded some of the action.

Once. Twice. Thrice it almost crashed to the floor. But the lizard was muscular. It appeared determined. It could not be deterred by nine shelves of snacks, footage reveals.

Tongue protruding, it remained on course toward its apparent goal: the ice dispenser.

According to bystanders, the reptile, around six feet in length, remained atop the shelves for at least an hour.

Experts say monitor lizards can grow to be some nine feet long, with males generally growing larger than females.

A member of staff said that while the animal was guided out of the shop, rescuers did not catch it. “It just ran away into the bushes,” the employee told a British tabloid. “I’ve never seen a monitor lizard that big in my life.”

Narumpa Tangsin, who was shopping for food when the giant monitor began its own grocery…