Shocked NSW man finds 1.5m-long monster lizard climbing up his backyard wall

Finding an organism in your home, which is strange enough to look at, could be quite fascinating for common people, until it is as giant as a 1.5 m-long monster lizard.

An elderly man in New South Wales (NSW) named Eric Holland recently spotted a huge monster lizard in his backyard. Holland was conducting some repair work in his shed early in December as he caught a glimpse of a giant monster lizard running across his backyard ground in front of him.

As soon as he witnessed the giant lizard, the 80-year-old NSW man decided to flee backyard to his shed for his own safety. However, he soon discovered that the monitor lizard has climbed up the wall of his backyard.

The Strait Times reports that the man clicked a photograph of the lace lizard or goanna sticking on the wall of the backyard. The photo of the 1.5-m long lizard was later sent to a local newspaper.

Holland has lived in Thurgoona, a suburb of the regional city of Albury in NSW for 18 years. However, he confessed having not seen anything like this before. The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage says that it is not unusual to spot a lace monitor in and around Albury.

"It was a big surprise really,” said Holland, in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald. "I sometimes get blue tongues and lizards in the backyard but never anything quite like this."

Lace monitor or lace goanna can grow up to a height of 2.1 m and weight up to 20 kgs. These common arboreal or terrestrial goannas can be found in eastern and southeastern Australia. Monitor lizards remain largely inactive during cooler weather and remain active from September to May.

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