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A man taking a morning walk on an Australian beach stumbled across a creature that may be from out of this world.

Hundreds of people commented on the video of the dead animal that Alex Tan posted on the social media site.

He said in the clip that this is something you see when people claim to have found aliens.

Tan said it looked like a dehaired possum, but it was different from what he had seen before.

People in the comments said it could be a dead animal.

One use commented on the idea of a mini Chupacabra.

I am almost certain it is a ringtail. Skull and dentition match up, hands look the same, and the size is right as well.

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They are trying to resurrect an extinct rat. It is not going well.

Tan named the creature "little buddy" because he was interested in what it was.

Man finds creature washed up on a shore in Australia.
Man finds creature washed up on a shore in Australia.

USA TODAY reached out to Tan.

He closed the video by saying it was an alien.

This is not the first time a strange creature has washed up on a beach.

A man looking for dolphins in California found a fish that looked like it was bitten in half and was a Sunfish.

Giant sunfish spotted off the coast of Laguna Beach in California
Giant sunfish spotted off the coast of Laguna Beach in California

A man stumbled upon a rare deep-sea monster called a Pacific football fish on a San Diego beach.

Jay Beiler told NBC San that he has never seen an organisms that looked as fearsome as this one.

Follow reporter Asha Gilbert. Agilbert@usatoday.com.

A man finds an alien creature while walking on a beach in Australia.

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