Mystery sea creature dubbed ‘something out of ALIEN’ with glowing spikes washes up on UK

A MYSTERIOUS carnal with glowing spikes has been spotted crawling on a UK beach, leaving locals horrified.

The alien-like carnal was seen by a conservation radical arsenic it wriggled dilatory on the enactment successful Sussex.

The unusual critter was identified arsenic a Sea Mouse which tends to unrecorded connected the oversea floor, but was washed up connected the seashore of the colony Rye owed to atrocious weather.

Rye Harbour events organiser Sarah Watson said: "This furry carnal is simply a Sea Mouse, a chunky marine worm.

“About 15cm agelong and seldom seen, but successful winter, storms tin lavation them up connected the precocious tide line.

"Look intimately among its duller bristles to spot a shimmering, iridescent fringe."

The Sea Mouse's vibrant bristles tin glimmer blue, green, and gold, making it look similar thing consecutive retired of a sci-fi film.

They tin turn up to 30cm and portion they are communal connected UK coasts they're seldom seen successful person, often laying buried head-first successful the sand.

As creepy arsenic they look, the spiky Sea Mouse isn't harmful to humans, contempt being an progressive predator.

The sharp-looking carnal feeds connected crabs and different worms portion nether the oversea bed.

They're besides not peculiarly accelerated and won't beryllium chasing you down immoderate clip soon.

Commenting connected a video of the creature, Sarah said: “The video is sped up to beryllium 3 times faster than existent life.

"Clever engineering aside, oversea mice are alternatively slow."

Sarah assured locals that the unsocial carnal recovered astatine Rye Harbour quality reserve was popped safely backmost into the sea.

They usually are recovered successful the Atlantic and Mediterranean truthful it was nary astonishment radical were shocked erstwhile it was spotted connected the beach.

People person been sharing their absorption to the bizarre carnal online.

One idiosyncratic joked: "Looks similar idiosyncratic has dropped their toupee."

Another added: "I 'd conscionable support good distant and marque definite I kept my shoes on."

A 3rd idiosyncratic simply wrote: "OMG."

The technological sanction for the Sea Mouse is Aphrodita aculeata.

This was inspired by Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Love, according to the Wildlife Trusts.