Giant Lizard Invades 7-Eleven And Becomes Instant Internet Sensation

When a six-foot monitor lizard starts crawling up walls and onto shelves, you tend to pay attention. Thanks to a viral video shot inside a 7-Eleven convenience store, a lot of people are doing just that.

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A video posted by Twitter user @danajiru shows footage of the monitor lizard going to town inside the 7-Eleven. It was paired with Yung Lean’s “Acid at 7-11” as a soundtrack, to further drive the point home of really weird things happening inside a 7-Eleven. As of Thursday afternoon, it had racked up nearly 9 million views on the platform.

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That, of course, prompted another Twitter user to post another great moment in lizards at a 7-Eleven. “That’s just Marvin, he likes the smell,” for Kristen Arnett’s April 2018 tweet about a lizard named Marvin next to one of the store’s coffeemakers, and the 7-11 social media account’s attempt to get Arnett to “narc on her buddy.”

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The incident actually took place in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, on Tuesday. According to the Daily Mail‘s account, “The giant reptile sparked panic after it emerged from a nearby canal and ran into the 7-Eleven store.”

“Staff and customers hid behind the counter as the beast rampaged through the store and tossed food and drink cartons to the ground,” the article continued. “A shop assistant said the lizard was in the store for an hour before police and reptile handlers arrived.” From there, the lizard stayed on the shelf another hour and managed to escape the store, evading the reptile handlers, and eventually getting back into the wild.

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Complex’s version of the story included a quote from the person who shot the video. “I only stopped at the shop to buy some food and then saw the huge monitor lizard inside,” the customer said. “I wanted to buy a drink but the animal was too close to the drinks aisle. They’re dangerous animals, especially when they’re angry, so I stayed back and recorded it on my phone. I guess that shops have everything, even for lizards.”

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*First Published: April 9, 2021, 6:08 am