Whittall, who currently serves as director of the family-owned lodge, was having breakfast in the kitchen when he heard the bloodcurdling screams of his maid, who discovered the 330-pound reptile underneath the bed.

He immediately called in some of his co-workers who helped remove the crocodile from the room and release it back into the nearby Humani Chigwidi dam.

Although Whittall was surprised by his unwanted reptilian houseguest, he reckoned the locals are used to this type of thing. “I just remember thinking goodness gracious, that's one for the books. I'm pretty sure everyone in Humani checks under their bed before going to sleep now anyway.”