A terrifying crocodile-like creature has been spotted near Greenwich.

The monstrous reptile was snapped by city worker Ben, who took a break from his Canary Wharf office job to stroll with a colleague at lunchtime yesterday (June 28).

While wandering around Millwall Outer Dock on the Isle of Dogs, Ben and his pal made the disturbing discovery.

Ben told News Shopper: "I was out for a stroll on my lunch break today with a colleague and taking our usual route around the docks enjoying the sun.

"While circumnavigating Millwall Outer Dock we passed the Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre, where there were children enjoying a paddle in canoes.

"Then to our horror we spotted what appears to be some sort of large reptile. My colleague thought it might be a dinosaur but I corrected him that it looked more like a crocodile.

"Having said that nobody saw Brexit coming so perhaps there is some sort of prehistoric Nessie-like creature living in the depths, or shallows, of Millwall Dock?

"I do hope the children are ok."

However Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre, based nearby, has since revealed the potentially deadly brute is merely a pile of old rope.

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This comes after the Loch Ness Monster was reportedly discovered in a lake in Beckenham following torrential rainfall last week.