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We bet you can’t guess what these ‘War of the Worlds’ aliens are

War of the Worlds

We bet you can’t guess what these ‘War of the Worlds’ aliens are, the Martians, sometimes known as the Invaders, are an alien race featured in H.G. Wells’ 1898 novel.

They have been visually represented in the movies twice: initially in the 1953 film ‘War of the Worlds,’ and again in Steven Spielberg’s 2005 adaptation.

In the mid-2000s, the fictitious creature with lengthy tentacles and a single large projecting eye became highly popular.

If a creative person desires, the extraterrestrials can still be reinvented prosthetically and digitally.

But what if real-life creatures that like the aliens from War of the Worlds were captured on film?

You can probably guess where this is going. After sharing photos of some creepy-looking objects he encountered on a beach in South Africa, a father accidentally triggered terror and fear.

Jan Vorster’s images amassed tens of thousands of likes and shares on Facebook because they captured objects that appear like ‘sea spiders’.
Visitors expressed their concerns to Jan about the eerie photographs. Many users, believe it or not, emailed the photos to an environmental scientist.

However, the creatures were not spiders or aliens. They were aloe vera plants that had died.

“I was surprised [by the reaction]. I thought that people would have fun with it, but then it was very serious, some of it was extremely serious. A lot of people were scared of these alien-looking sea monsters. It was like Jaws – is it safe to go into the water?” Vorster stated.

“People kept asking me when they [the creatures] were coming out, and if they were only coming out at night,” he added.

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