{"id":62263,"date":"2017-01-25T09:43:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T07:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=62263"},"modified":"2017-01-26T12:34:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T10:34:26","slug":"o-krokke-waan-laat-my-staan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/01\/25\/o-krokke-waan-laat-my-staan\/","title":{"rendered":"O &#8216;Krokke&#8217;-waan laat my staan&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Het &#8216;n &#8216;krokke&#8217;-waan dalk &#8216;n slukkie bakleiwyn ingekry, want die sjissende gedierte, van meer as &#8216;n meter lank, het mense behoorlik skrik op die lyf gejaag.<\/p>\n<p>Die likkewaan was s\u00f3 kwaai dat die Dierebeskermingsvereniging al hul dae gehad het om hom te vang en uiteindelik later weer los te laat.<\/p>\n<p>Die moeilikheid het begin toe Rose Mahlangu Vrydag omstreeks 15:00 klaar was met haar werk by die Smith-gesin in Sondagsrivierstraat.<\/p>\n<p>Rose was besig om die huis te sluit, toe sy &#8216;n vreemde geluid agter die wynkabinet hoor.<\/p>\n<p>Met nadere ondersoek het sy gesien die likkewaan klim agter die kas teen die muur op.<\/p>\n<p>Haar werkgewer, me. Edna Smith, wat op daardie stadium gehelp het by die atletiekbyeenkoms by HTS Middelburg, is gebel.<\/p>\n<p>Al wat me. Smith kon uitmaak is Rose se snikke en: &#8220;Crocodile! Crocodile!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62264\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/lekewaan1-LL-ZN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62264\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/01\/lekewaan1-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Die huishulp het gedink dit is 'n krokodil toe sy hom agter die wynkas in die sitkamer sien.\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Die huishulp het gedink dit is &#8216;n krokodil toe sy hom agter die wynkas in die sitkamer sien.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Me. Smith het haar man, Willie, gebel en ges\u00ea dat hy vir Rose moet bel sodat een van sy werknemers met haar praat om te probeer uitmaak wat aangaan.<\/p>\n<p>Die antwoord was dieselfde. Daar is &#8216;n &#8220;crocodile-like&#8221; gedierte in die huis.<\/p>\n<p>Mnr. Smith het eers vir slangvanger Victor Boshoff gebel, maar hy was uitstedig en hulle het die Dierebeskermingsvereniging se hulp ingeroep.<\/p>\n<p>Senior-inspekteur Petro Oberholzer en &#8216;n kli\u00ebnt van die DBV het opgedaag, maar hierdie &#8220;krokke&#8221;-waan laat hom nie sommer net vang nie. 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