Fact-Check: Video of Crocodile in Flooded Area Neither From Haryana Nor Delhi

This video is from Gujarat’s Vadodara and dates back to August 2019.

A video showing a crocodile on waterlogged roads while residents screaming in fear and moving away from the reptile has gone viral on social media with two different claims.

• One of the claims suggests that this crocodile came from the Yamuna river and was found in Khazoori Khas, Delhi amidst the flooding in the national capital.

• While some users are sharing the video to claim that this incident recently happened in flood-struck Ambala, Haryana.

(Archives of similar claims can be seen here, here and here.)

Where's the video actually from?: The video dates back to 2019 and is from Vadodara, Gujarat.

How did we find out the truth?: We performed a reverse image search on some of the keyframes of the video and came across a longer version of the video on YouTube.

• This video was shared on 31 August 2019, and the title suggested that a stray crocodile was captured in Vadodara, Gujarat during floods.

• The viral video can be seen from the 0:45 timestamp.

• The full video shows trained personnel rescuing the crocodile while the crowd watches by.

• Taking a cue, we performed a relevant keyword search which led us to several news reports by NDTV, The Times of India, India Today and The Hindu. 

• All of these reports were published in August 2019.

• The video report by NDTV showed the viral video from a different angle at 0:10 timestamp.

• It also stated that the video is from Gujarat's Vadodara.

• The Times of India's article mentioned that a 10 feet long crocodile was rescued by the combined efforts of the NDRF and forest department officials on 3 August 2019.

• The videos carried in the reports matched with the longer version of the YouTube video.

• We also found a tweet from a news agency Asian News International (ANI), from 3 August 2019, about a crocodile being rescued by NDRF in Vadsar area of Vadodara.

Vadodara: National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams rescued a crocodile from Vadsar area, earlier today. It was handed over to forest department officials. #Gujarat pic.twitter.com/IFXQJezwqc

— ANI (@ANI) August 3, 2019

Similar claims of different parts of this video have gone viral on the internet with various claims; you can read our fact-check stories here and here.

Conclusion: An old video showing a crocodile in waterlogged streets in Gujarat is being shared as one from Delhi and Haryana.

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