Giant lizard scares people after sneaking into Thai store

A large-sized lizard entered a Thai convenience store for shopping but frightened the people there as it ran amok spreading chaos among the shoppers in Nakhon Pathom.

Footage on social media went viral showing the giant reptile scaring people as it wandered over the fridge.

A 20-year-old onlooker told a news outlet that "she was mesmerised by the lizard," as the critter’s scaly shopping spree, occurred on October 11 at a 7-Eleven in Thailand.

The egg-laying species inconspicuously found its way into the Thai store and was later spotted on the premises on a light fixture above the displays.

The video showed the giant lizard trying to find its way through near the lights on the ceiling before falling onto a fridge, leaving the onlookers shocked.

"It just came from nowhere and started walking across the food fridge," exclaimed Buntita.

It was fortunate that it was a friendly lizard and no one was hurt as a result according to a college student, who said the massive reptile was eventually removed from the Thai store.

The monitor lizards are said to grow as much as 8 feet long, making them the world's second-largest lizard after the Komodo dragon, Everything Reptiles noted.

According to experts at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, fortunately, despite their massive size, the opportunistic predators don’t pose a threat to adult humans, instead choosing to feast on everything from eggs to small mammals and carrion. 

Despite this, there was an incident, according to a New York Post report in which an infant was found partially eaten by monitors in southern Thailand in May 2020.

It was not the first time the lizard was spotted among the people causing chaos among the shoppers inside a store.

In 2021, there was an enormous Asian water monitor spotted inside a store trying to climb upward, damaging the shelves in Bangkok.