Found on Brighton Beach - Specimen BRB-2025-021: a weathered mass bearing uncanny zoological features, documented and classified under the provisional name Arboris behemothus. The initial field sketch depicts the living form as imagined by researchers: a hybrid organism with arboreal integument, pachydermal bulk, and a proboscis adapted for both foraging and respiration. While no living specimens have been observed, the morphology reconstructed from the find suggests an evolutionary convergence between megafaunal mammals and coastal flora, raising debate as to whether the remains represent fossilised biology or a natural artefact misinterpreted through pareidolia.
Specimen Data File – BRB-2025-021
Specimen Name: Arboris behemothus (colloquial: Brighton Behemoth)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia (disputed, hybrid traits with Plantae)
Phylum: Chordata (?)
Class: Mammalia (arboreal-adapted, extinct)
Order: Indeterminate
Family: Unknown
Discovery location: Brighton Beach, East Sussex, UK
Date of record: 13 October 2025
Collector: Anonymous beach observer
Condition: Semi-fossilised drift specimen, partially mineralised; internal cavities resembling pulmonary or ocular structures
Estimated size: 2.1 m length; 0.9 m maximum width
Surface characteristics:
External ridges resembling dermal armour
Hollow chambers suggesting respiratory or sensory function
Elongated protrusion consistent with feeding apparatus or proboscis
Proposed Origin:
Arboreal megafauna species adapted to both woodland and coastal marsh environments, extinct c. 12,000 BP
Notable Features:
Cavities arranged in bilateral symmetry, resembling ocular sockets
Protruding snout-like structure
Evidence of prolonged exposure to saline and wave action
Remarks:
This specimen represents either the genuine fossil remains of an unknown taxon. Further study recommended. Or, an extreme case of pareidolia (human tendency to perceive creatures in natural forms).
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