Nightmarish Creature Found on Bolivar Peninsula Beach

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The Bolivar Beachcombers Facebook page is filled with strange and fascinating findings along the shores of the Bolivar Peninsula near Galveston Bay.

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Patricia Ducote posted a photo to the page of a strange discolored, gilled sea creature with rows of teeth.

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Some Facebookers described the creature as "nightmare fuel" and "the stuff of nightmares."

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Texas Parks & Wildlife believes the creature is most likely a large sport fish that someone probably caught and filleted.

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The feathery parts of the creature are the gills, while the spikey bits in the top middle are pharyngeal teeth.

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Ducote asked her followers if they knew what the creature could be, resulting in some interesting and hilarious responses.

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Some Facebook users guessed that the creature could be a poison jellyfish, sea urchin, and a scale worm.

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Lerrin Johnson of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department agreed that the creature was likely a large sport fish.

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Johnson wrote that the feathery parts are the gills, which are attached to the bony gill arches, and the spikey bits in the top middle are the pharyngeal teeth.

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