A swimmer in Mexico narrowly escaped a crocodile that appeared to be stalking him as people on the beach recorded the whole incident.
The crocodile -- believed to be 10-feet long -- takes chase as the swimmer frantically tries to make it to land. One of the onlookers eventually throws an object into the water to try to stop the croc from reaching the swimmer.
The 40-second video has been shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook.
Watch the video in this Facebook post:
Carrera, who posted the video to Facebook, said locals dared not enter the waters for fear of enticing the male crocodile, which feeds off food left by tourists and fishermen, FOX News reported.
“Unfortunately, that crocodile already associated us with food and as the video shows the boy was saved because the crocodile is well fed and chased at a pace that allowed him to reach the shore,” Carrera wrote.