MUSTANG ISLAND, Texas (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - Strange "spaghetti monsters" are washing up on shore in Texas. Beachgoers in Mustang Island, Texas, near Corpus Christi, are reporting sightings of ...

Crystal Cove State Park offered up all sorts of descriptive words for the creature, including "strange," "fascinating" and "incredible." It described the transparent teeth as looking "like pointed ...

" It was just after we had all that stuff washed up on beaches from the floods. Its hands were really weird. I'm just calling it an alien, " said Tan.

But, they do sting like Portuguese man o' wars. The species was also seen along Mustang Island in 2021. Shape-shifting sea creatures named after a vegetable washed up on Corpus Christi beaches.

'Weird thing' that washed up on Texas shore is actually from a state icon The object serves as evidence of the state shell of Texas at South Padre Island National Seashore, officials said.

After several shared theories, Arceneaux was reportedly told that it was a snapper eel and that they “usually don’t end up washed up on shore,” according to KSAT 12.

A mysterious creature recently washed up on the shore of Lake Michigan, photos show, triggering speculation, fascination and the question, what the heck is it? Robert Loerzel, a photographer and ...

Related: The weirdest creatures to wash ashore These blobs have turned up en masse on beaches around the world before, usually in the spring and early summer.

It wouldn’t be the first time a fish's body has done strange things during the decomposition process. In February 2017, a " hairy blob" washed up on a beach in the Philippines, to much fanfare.

That pushes animals in deep water towards shore, he says. (Related: How National Geographic Has Mapped Hurricanes Over 140 Years.) And upwelling is a powerful force.