A blind show crocodile escaped on its way to the circus and made a break for it into the Ping River in Nakhon Sawan province in central Thailand on Friday.
Crocodile catchers were hot on the croc’s heels but the 2.8-metre-long beast just wouldn’t surrender. Five days later, the female croc – who is nicknamed “Blindy” – was finally caught and marched back to the zoo last night.
On Friday, Blindy the Crocodile escaped from her cage in the back of a truck as the crocodilian performance troupe were travelling for work. The escapee croc sauntered into the Ping river, one of two main tributaries to the Chaophraya.
Being blind, Blindy was at a bit of a disadvantage. The crocodile catchers soon found her hiding in the forest near the river’s edge about 100 metres away from where she fell out of the truck.
After trying and failing to catch the absconding reptile for three…
