A man came across a" bad-smelling " mysterious creature during a hike

A man came across a mysterious creature during a hike and asked netizens to identify it. This is reported by the Daily Star.

A tourist came across the amazing creation when walking through the woods on Mount Nibo near the Australian city of Brisbane. He posted a photo of the creature on the Web and said that there was a "strong smell of decomposition" next to it, clouds of flies were swirling.

The man added that the bright red something with rays like a starfish reminded him of the creatures from the horror video games Resident Evil and the TV series Stranger Things.

"It can't be that it's not an alien!" one commenter wrote.

However, another user quickly determined that the author of the post came across a mushroom-anemone from the Veselkov family, which locals call "smelly horn". Anemone mushrooms multiply by spores and secrete mucus with a strong unpleasant smell to attract flies that carry spores.

Later, many users said that they had encountered such mushrooms and began to share tips on getting rid of bad-smelling "aliens".