---
title: "What's this green-and-black coloured creature lurking in East Coast Park pond?"
url: "/singapore-seen/whats-this-green-and-black-coloured-creature-lurking-in-east-coast-park-pond"
published: "2018-08-29T04:14:50.000Z"
updated: "2018-08-29T09:33:21.000Z"
section: "Singapore Seen"
authors: ["Charlene Lum"]
tags: ["unusual","creature","animals","nature"]
---

# What's this green-and-black coloured creature lurking in East Coast Park pond?

*Stomper Pavel was talking a walk at East Coast Park yesterday (Aug 28) afternoon when he chanced upon a "strange creature" in a pond. *

Stomper Pavel was talking a walk at East Coast Park yesterday (Aug 28) afternoon when he chanced upon a "strange creature" in a pond.

In a video Pavel shared with Stomp, a bright green-and-black coloured creature is first seen swimming beneath some leaves, before approaching the surface of the water, which has the person filming running away in fear.

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He said: "This pond is in between East Coast Park camping area D and East Coast Park Carpark D5.

"Its head looks about 15cm wide, and I could only see its head so I don't know its length.

"It looks too wide to be a snake but it doesn't look like a fish either. I really don't know what is that."

Pavel also added that sighting this intriguing creature was a first for him.

After the article was published, Stomper David suggested that the creature could be a Toman fish, accompanied by a photo of the said fish.

![](https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/stomp/dadd79ba9040bedfd54afeb09dba37b40c9f01b4c3f307711279fbbbe201c8cc)
