Bangkok - A crocodile attacked a man in floodwaters in Bangkok's northern district of Lak Si, leaving him with a bite wound that required 100 stitches, officials said.
'The man is in stable condition,' Bangkok Metroplitan Authority spokesman Jate Sopitpongstorn said.
Arhtit Pansudae, 29, was attacked as he waded through chest-high waters in the market neighbourhood Thursday, the Thai Rath news website reported.
The crocodile was again spotted in the same neighbourhood Friday morning.
'I was taking supplies in a boat to a family stranded on the second floor of their house and they started shouting, 'crocodile, crocodile,'' Lak Si resident Chusak Ruenran told Thai Rath.
'As far as I could see the crocodile was about one and a half metres to two metres long,' he said.
Thailand has been hit by its worst floods in five decades, swamping vast swathes of the central plains and the northern suburbs of Bangkok, the capital.
The floodwaters have also inundated several crocodile farms, allowing scores of the reptiles to escape.
Thailand boasts the world's largest commercial crocodile industry, with more than 20 registered farms and hundreds of smaller, unregistered ones throughout the country.
The giant reptiles are raised for their skins, used to make luxury handbags and shoes, while the meat and blood are exported to other Asian markets where they are believed to be medicinal.
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