Beachgoer Finds Fluorescent Green ‘Alien’ on Scottish Beach; Can Wildlife Experts Identify This Mysterious Creature?

A man was strolling down a Scottish beach when he believed he saw "an alien," but it was actually a worm called a "sea mouse."

According to The Independent, Mike Arnott, 33, noticed the creature while strolling along his neighborhood's Portobello Beach in Edinburgh. While the tide was out, he discovered a weird green luminous item on the sand.

Green Alien Found on Scottish Beach?

Mike claimed that the thought of the brilliant green monster with many spikes on its body being an alien briefly entered his head. He claimed to have seen a strange object with sharp green needles.

He was immediately drawn to it by its vivid green and gold hues. When he turned it over, he noticed that it had several tiny legs and was unlike anything he had ever seen.

He certainly had the notion of an extraterrestrial or something that may have come from the deep oceans.

"I saw this fluorescent green thing with weird needles - I had no idea what it was. The bright green and gold colors drew me straight to it. I flipped it over and saw it had many tiny legs - I had never seen anything like it. It is an alien definitely crossed my mind - or I thought it might be something from way out in the deep sea," Mr. Arnott told Edinburgh Live.

Green Alien Found on Scottish Beach?

Pete Haskell from the Scottish Wildlife Trust clarified his theories, NDTV said. He determined that the creature was a sort of worm known as a sea mouse.

The worm's bristles, which shimmered green and gold, let it stand out from other aquatic creatures.

The bristles can also flash green, blue, or red to deter predators. They may reach a length of 30 cm and eat tiny crabs, hermit crabs, and other worms.

According to Daily Mail, the sea mouse is a kind of marine worm with bristles that have iridescent blue, green, and gold flashes. It is a predator that actively hunts worms and other tiny crabs on the seafloor. Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, gave the marine mouse its scientific name, according mythological folklore.

Other Weird Creatures

A picture of an unidentified marine monster resting on a beach in Ireland a few days before the incident also baffled internet users.

Many people said the creature had pig-like characteristics, while others stated it looked like a "beheaded seal." People reasoned that, since a seal's front flippers are extremely short, NDTV said it must be a seal.

The Grey Seal and the Harbour (or Common) Seal are the two kinds of seals that are endemic to Irish seas, according to Seal Rescue Ireland. The two seals, referred to as True Seals, only have openings on either side of the head and are devoid of external ears.

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