A woman made what she initially believed was a very sinister discovery while out on a Florida beach, only to discover it was a lot more innocent than she first thought.
Kathleen, a volunteer for the environmental nonprofit Ocean Hour, was walking on a beach in Perdido Key, Florida, when she came across a sight which very much looked like a body that been washed up on the shore.
The volunteer later explained to Ocean Hour that she thought she had stumbled across a decapitated corpse. In fact, another passerby was so concerned that they even called 911.
Fortunately, it all turned out perfectly fine as the "dead body" was not a dead body at all - it was merely a store mannequin covered in barnacles.
Related - A "dead" woman gasped as her body was being prepared at a funeral home:Earlier this week, (Monday, November 16), Ocean Hour took to Facebook to share their volunteer's initially spooky story. The group also posted several photos - and honestly, they would give anyone a spook.
"Volunteer Kathleen was walking the intercoastal side in Perdido Key…when she came across what she thought was a dead, decapitated body. Another visitor had even called 911," Ocean Hour wrote.
"Upon further investigating, she realized it was a mannequin!" They added.
It is still unknown how long the mannequin was in the water or how it came to be there.
"We are glad it wasn’t a real body!" Ocean Hour concluded.
So far the organization's post has managed to rack an impressive 2.8k shares, 1.9k reactions, and 714 comments.
A number of the commenters confessed that they would have been equally as scared by the sight - if not more.
One Facebook user named June B. Scarbary wrote: "Glad it wasn't a real body. And I would have had a fit if I had of [sic] seen that."
Facebook user Nicole Timberlake Boland took to the comments to share: "Omg! My worst fear as I walk my dog every morning on my Jersey beach!"
Karon Noll wrote: "Wow, a horrifying beach find!"
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