Mysterious ALIEN object washes up in New Zealand leaving locals BAFFLED

NEW ZEALAND’S Muriwai Beach has become the centre of mystery, after an alien barnacle-covered object washed up on its shores.

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New Zealand: A mysterious object has washed up on Muriwai Beach

Just curious to know if anyone knows what this is?

Melissa Doubleday

The giant object was discovered by locals of the Auckland site, and no one could quite figure out what it was. 

Resident Melissa Doubleday posted photo evidence of the bizarre scene on the Muriwai & Waimauku Area Community Group, to see if anyone could decipher the mystery. 

She wrote on the Facebook post: “Just curious to know if anyone knows what this is??! Washed up on Muriwai Beach.”

The images depict an enormous dark structure covered in barnacles and hanging black tubes.

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New Zealand: The bizarre object appears to be covered in barnacles and worms

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Melissa shared: “It looks like worms with shells I’ve never seen before with these funny creatures that just come out.”

The find has sparked a worldwide debate about what the object could be. 

One Facebook user commented: “What a find! No idea what it is. Curious.” 

Another suggested it could be “tree covered in seaweed or part of an old ship wreck”. 

Other theories included a “piece of art” or even a “Caribbean walrus”. 

But the most likely of them all is that the object is a piece of driftwood covered in Gooseneck barnacles - filter-feeding crustaceans that live on hard surfaces in the ocean. 

Scotland recently had a shoreline mystery of its own, when three large white carcasses washed up on the Inner Hebrides

The remains of three large white animals were discovered by people living on the island of Colonsay in August.

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New Zealand: The alien object was discovered by a local resident who posted photos online

Each carcass washed up in a different section of the island’s west coast. 

They smelt badly and were covered in debris, but a few months on the carcasses could be seen more clearly. 

Images captured the white pelts visible underneath the debris, which led locals to believe the animals could be polar bears. 

But deepening the mystery, the giant creatures only dwell at least 1,400 miles away.

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