People Baffled By Unusual Cloud Spotted In UK

A number of people took to social media to share photos of the fluffy white mushroom, which lingered in the sky, wondering what the hell it was.

According to reports, the enormous cloud could be seen right across the region, with people branding it 'eerie'.

One of those who spotted it was Joy Bell, from Grimsby.

"The sky was completely blue and all nice and clear, and it's like all the clouds had formed this circle thing.

"It was really big. I showed the picture to my friend and said, 'Have you seen this?' and she said perhaps there was a fire somewhere.

"And I said it couldn't be a fire because there was no smoke. I said, 'It's definitely a cloud', and when I took the photograph and zoomed in, I could see that it was all mist at the bottom and then cloud at the top.

"It certainly made the school run an interesting one as I whipped out my camera and managed to get a good picture."

And she wasn't alone.

Sharing their own snap to Twitter, one spooked onlooker wrote: "Ominous looking cloud over #Cleethorpes this afternoon on today of all days."

Commenting on a Facebook thread of photos, another said: "I hope that's not an omen."

But it wasn't anything sinister at all.

According to one user, it appeared to be an anvil cloud, otherwise known as a Cumulonimbus cloud.

"The base of the cloud is often flat, with a very dark wall-like feature hanging underneath, and may only lie a few hundred feet above the Earth's surface."

So it's nothing to worry about, just another quirk of Mother Nature.