A MYSTERIOUS sea beast has stunned experts after it was discovered on the shore in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

“On first glance it looked like something from the deep sea to me” Preeti Desai The freakish creature was spotted decaying on a US beach in Texas City, Texas, once the superstorm had cleared. The monster – similar to something from horror movie It – can be seen in photos with its fangs and tail trailing across the sand. Preeti Desai, from the National Audubon Society, found the monster lying on the empty beach.

PEN NEWS/PREETI DESAI FREAK OF NATURE: The sea beast washed up on the Texas shore following Hurricane Harvey

ENORMOUS dead creature washed up on the Devon coast This enormous corpse was found on the Devon Coast, thought to be a baleen whale (a group of whales which includes the 20ft Pygmy Right Whale, all the way up to the 190ft Blue Whale) 1 / 10 Liam Reynolds / SWNS The dead whale carcass (thought to be a Baleen Whale), washed up on the Devon coast

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She said: “We were on a beach in Texas City and saw this thing from afar, so I got closer to figure out what it was. “I’ve already got a huge interest in wildlife, especially birds and ocean creatures, but it was so unexpected to see it there on the beach. On first glance it looked like something from the deep sea to me." She added: “My initial thought was it might be a sea lamprey, but when I got close I realised there was no way that was what it was, particularly based on the mouth.

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Scary sea creatures found in Russia Roman Fedortsov is a deep sea fisherman in Russia. And he’s been taking photos of OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT? 1 / 23 Getty These other-worldly creatures have been discovered off Russia's coast