A video of a weird creature washed up on the beach at Maroochydore in Queensland, Australia, has gone popular on social media. Alex Tan, an Instagram user, shared the footage. He referred to the thing as “extra-terrestrial.”

A weird alien-like creature was discovered on a beach in Queensland, Australia. It had taken everyone by surprise. A video of the weird alien-like creature is currently circulating on social media. Alex Tan shared the footage on his Instagram account on Tuesday.

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The creature in the video has a cranium that resembles that of a reptile. It also possesses soft limbs and claws, as well as a long rat-like tail. The creature’s head has lost the majority of its flesh, as shown in the video.

Alex says he encountered the creature on a morning walk on the beach at Maroochydore. Flies were also spotted crawling on the creature in Tan’s footage.

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“I’ve stumbled across something weird,” said the Instagram user when he first saw the creature. He further added, “This is like one of those things you see when people claim they’ve found aliens.” In the video, Tan could also be heard saying “it was different to anything he had seen before”. He referred to the creature as “a de-haired possum”. At the end of the video, Tan called the creature “extra-terrestrial”.

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Some Instagram users speculated that the creature was a drowning kangaroo or wallaby. Meanwhile, some of Tan’s fans tagged wildlife experts, including Australian legend Steve Irwin’s daughter Bindi, for their professional advice.

Last month, a strange and alien-like creature was discovered on Sydney streets after heavy rain. A man went for a morning jog in Sydney on February 28. He was taken aback when he saw the alien-like creature. He also shared a video of the monster on his Instagram account.