Gabriel (7) took the picture on Tuesday at his house in Toekomsrus, Randfontein, in Gauteng.
He told Daily Sun he took the phone from his mother Monique after he heard voices telling him to take photos. "I went outside and started shooting anything I could see. "I was shooting flowers when I saw this creature. I took one picture of it but I was too scared to take another.
"I ran back into the house to show my mother what I'd seen," said the grade 2 pupil.
"We are shocked and scared," said Monique. "I don't know whether we are safe or not."