It may have been due to the daft Ninja Turtles craze many years ago.
A local friend still has a rather large terrapin in a make shift indoor pool.
The rather shy creature is nearly twelve years old, and was purchased as a pet during the Ninja Turtles craze many years ago.
Its surprising how large terrapins can grow, and not everyone is pet orientated, once a young family loses interest and grows up, out goes the terrapin into a local pond or river.