\u201cAlien\u201d Australian beach creature baffles internet as experts try to determine species Instagram: tanalexThe internet has been baffled by a video of a bizarre \u2018alien-like\u2019 creature washed up on an Australian beach uploaded by Instagram user Alex Tan, with experts trying to determine what species it actually is. The internet is full of perplexing content, and users never hesitate to share some of the weird and wonderful things they find in their daily lives to share with their followers. That was the case for Instagram user Alex Tan, who in March uploaded a video of the remains of a bizarre creature he\u2019d found washed up on Maroochydore Beach in Australia during his morning walk. \u201cI\u2019ve stumbled across something weird,\u201d he said in the clip. \u201cThis is like one of those things you see when people claim they\u2019ve found aliens.\u201d \u201cGenuinely keen to figure out what creature little buddy is,\u201d he added in the caption. View this post on Instagram Commenters were baffled by the strange-looking creature that he reportedly found not long after flooding in the area, and quickly started tagging people they thought could help identify the mysterious \u201calien-like\u201d animal. \u201cThe search for what this \u201clittle buddy\u201d continues and has gone international,\u201d Alex wrote on Instagram. \u201cTHE PEOPLE NEED ANSWERS. I\u2019m still guessing it\u2019s a possum \u2014 my bet of a chicken parmi for any expert that can prove me wrong still stands.\u201d In the caption of a later video, Alex revealed that expert suggestions had included, \u201cbrushtail possum, wallaby,\u201d and a \u201ctree kangaroo,\u201d but so far, it seems that no one can settle on a 100% conclusive answer. View this post on Instagram He has been documenting the investigation into what he affectionately calls \u201cbuddy\u201d or \u201clittle buddy\u201d on his Instagram page, where he along with followers both new and old have been trying to pool their resources and figure out what exactly the creature is and where it came from. Alex\u2019s story has blown up in a big way, and now thousands of people across the globe are eagerly awaiting a conclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cAlien\u201d Australian beach creature baffles internet as experts try to determine species Instagram: tanalexThe internet has been baffled by a video of a bizarre \u2018alien-like\u2019 creature washed up on an Australian beach uploaded by Instagram user Alex Tan, with experts trying to determine what species it actually is. The internet is full of perplexing content, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}