{"id":6786,"date":"2026-06-27T17:14:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T17:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/rubber-toy-mistaken-for-crocodile-in-katowice\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T17:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T17:14:30","slug":"rubber-toy-mistaken-for-crocodile-in-katowice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/rubber-toy-mistaken-for-crocodile-in-katowice\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubber Toy Mistaken for Crocodile in Katowice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katowice municipal guards were dispatched to a pond near Piast\u00f3w Street on the morning of June 26 after a resident reported seeing a live crocodile moving on a wooden pier.  <\/p>\n<h4>The Initial Report<\/h4>\n<p>The Katowice municipal guard received an unusual report on Friday, June 26, at 7:45 a.m. A woman walking her dog spotted a reptile-like creature on a pier near Piast\u00f3w Street.<\/p>\n<p>According to the witness, the animal was approximately half a meter long and appeared to be moving. The woman retreated to a safe distance and sent a photograph of the object to the guards.<\/p>\n<h4>Police Investigation<\/h4>\n<p>The duty officer treated the report seriously and dispatched a patrol to the location. Officers secured the pond area and cautiously approached the pier.<\/p>\n<h4>A Harmless Discovery<\/h4>\n<p>It quickly became clear that the supposed reptile posed no threat. The &#8220;crocodile&#8221; was actually a green rubber toy, most likely lost by a child.<\/p>\n<p>The movements that concerned the resident were likely caused by morning wind gusts. The municipal guard emphasized that despite the humorous outcome, the caller acted correctly by maintaining a safe distance and notifying authorities when suspecting a dangerous animal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katowice municipal guards were dispatched to a pond near Piast\u00f3w Street on the morning of June 26 after a resident reported seeing a live crocodile moving on a wooden pier. The Initial Report The Katowice municipal guard received an unusual report on Friday, June 26, at 7:45 a.m. A woman walking her dog spotted a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}