NEW DELHI: A CCTV footage has emerged from Zimbabwe capturing a bizarre moment when a couple were attacked by a giant 6ft crocodile in a hotel pool.

The man and woman were relaxing at a corner of the pool when the reptile crawled out of the shadows and launched itself into the water.

In a YouTube posted on YouTube, the man jumps out of the pool leaving the woman defending herself against the creature.

While the crocodile appears to make contact with her, she leaves the pool relatively unscathed.

More than 81,000 people have now watched this YouTube video. Many have shared their disgust at how the man left the woman alone in the pool.

"You can never say what you would do in that situation unless you’ve been in that situation. Your survival instincts kick in and it’s fight or flight," a YouTube user said.