What in the world is THIS thing?
Scientists in Russia are reportedly baffled by what some are calling an "alien" corpse that was found on a riverbank near a major nuclear power plant.
According to Britain's Express newspaper, local news reports said the corpse with a "mysterious skull" was discovered Sunday by two residents near the Kovashi River in the town of Sosnovy Bor.
The Russian town was constructed in 1958 to serve the Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant.
The local residents who made the discovery initially thought it could be a mutant chicken embryo that someone threw out.
But local experts have not been able to say with complete certainty what it actually is.
In the Express, one researcher was quoted as saying: "It seems that this body is neither fish nor fowl. This creature has a mysterious skull, no neck and wings."
Experts from the Institute of Biophysics in Krasnoyarsk also took a gander at the body, and said it was impossible to make a quick identification.
Biologist Yegor Zadereev said: "Extensive studies are needed to determine what kind of creature or organism it is."
Watch Russian TV coverage of the mysterious discovery:
Meanwhile, those who believe in alien beings from outer space have published this finding as evidence of extra-terrestrial life.
"This tiny alien body was found near a river in Russia and has no resemblance to any animal known," wrote Scott C. Waring on his UFO Sightings Daily.
"Russian scientists are confused over what it could be and said they need to wait for the results of the tests, which are probably DNA I assume."
Andy Wells of Yahoo News noted: "To be fair, the body does look a bit like the aliens out of the Sigourney Weaver movies.
"Though what it was doing poking around a nuclear power plant in the middle of Russia is anyone's guess."