May 14 (UPI) -- The mystery sea creature that washed ashore last week on a remote Indonesian beach and captivated the Internet is just a decomposing whale, experts said.
Asrul Tuanakota, a 37-year-old fisherman, discovered the 49-foot-long creature washed up Tuesday night on Seram Island, mistaking the carcass for a stranded boat. Then he thought it was the rotting corpse of a giant squid because the remains looked like tentacles.