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Family Spot Creepy 'Gollum-Like' Creature Emerging From The Woods

Family Spot Creepy 'Gollum-Like' Creature Emerging From The Woods

The video was filmed by Audrée Frechette in Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula, which is an isolated area to the east of Matapédia Valley

Jess Hardiman

Jess Hardiman

Footage has emerged of a creepy 'Gollum-like' character skulking around in a remote forest in Canada:

The video was filmed by Audrée Frechette in Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula, which is an isolated area to the east of Matapédia Valley.

She'd reportedly been sat in her car when she spotted the strange humanoid creature, which can be seen creeping about by a nearby moose, inching closer and closer towards the roadside before apparently scuttling off.

Ever since the video was uploaded to YouTube a few days ago, the internet has gone into a bit of a frenzy - trying both to stay calm and to work out what the hell it is.

Writing in the video caption, Audrée explained: "I was filming a moose on a roadside in Gaspésie, Québec, Canada.

"Looking at the video I saw this strange shape at the back left. can someone tell me what it is?"

While there's still no definitive answer as to WTF Audrée saw, that hasn't stopped people from speculating about what they were looking at in the confusing clip.

Some people have seen the likeness between the strange being and a certain bald-headed Lord of the Rings baddie.

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"Seems like a Gollum," one person wrote on YouTube.

"My precious," another joked, referencing Gollum's famous line in The Lord of the Rings series.

Others have been too baffled to take a guess, with someone else writing: "No idea but it has creeped me out."

Some just shut it down immediately, with one saying: "That's just a smudge on the window. Busted."

Another person introduced yet another theory, raising the suggestion of The Rake - a mythical humanoid creature that's been said to attack animals and people unprovoked, standing at around 6ft tall with no visible nose and pale grey skin.

They wrote: "Wow! That looks like the Rake type creature stalking that moose. It must be pretty tall too."

Audrée Fréchette

According to the Daily Mail, the last alleged sighting of 'The Rake' was documented back in 2006. Does this mean it's come out of retirement? Y'know, heard about all these heatwaves the rest of us have been having and thought it was due a nice summer holiday. Maybe we should get a jug of Pimm's on the go, just in case - anyone got some strawberries?

I mean, the weird, creepy thing in the video does look pretty pale. And there's no visible nose. Wait a sec, forget The Rake...

VOLDEMORT?!

Featured Image Credit: YouTube

Topics: News, Weird, Canada