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Locals of Muriwai Beach in New Zealand's Auckland got the shock of their lives when they spotted a mysterious object that beached on the Muriwai Beach over the weekend.
People have been travelling to the beach to catch a glance of this huge barnacle-covered object and have been coming up with conspiracy theories about its origin. While some thought it's a beached whale, some speculate it could be a part of an alien pod.
But what are these in real?
The huge object is possibly a driftwood with goose barnacles attached to it. Goose barnacles are filter-feeding crustaceans that attach themselves to rocks, submerged ships and debris.
See a photo taken from another angle.
Does that look like an alien anymore?
Here are a couple of other photos of goose barnacles that beached. This photo is from Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
So, relax! It's not an alien invasion.