Beach Alien Seen In Venice!

Today was the first day of what my friend Jenny and I call our "Mermaid Triathalon". We bike, walk, and swim out to the flag by the end of the Venice Pier. On the walk part of the deal, we came upon this freaky creature, that when we bent down to check it out, was very much alive.

 I've never seen anything like it and have no idea what it is. I have alerted the Venice Beach Freak Show that this guy was cruising Venice today. Oh yeah, and we still went on the swim part, because we are brave.

*Brave up-close photo by Jennifer Everhart