Nursery World - Mysterious crocodile road markings appearing in nursery grounds across Scotland

A white spray-painted crocodile with the message ‘keep two metres apart’ has mysteriously appeared in nursery car parks and pavements across Scotland, Nursery World has discovered.

Crocodile stencils have appeared outside nurseries

Angry nursery owners took to Twitter to vent their frustration at the unauthorised white vans turning up unannounced, jumping out with a stencil in tow and spray painting an open-mouthed crocodile with the message, ‘Don’t get too close – adults keep two metres apart’.

The stencils have been appearing in nursery car parks

Lorna McKeown, head of centre at a private nursery in North Lanarkshire, told Nursery World that she contacted her local council to ask if it was an initiative run by them but they said, ‘no’. She has since heard rumours that it might be a Scottish Government initiative.

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