Mysterious yellow boat stranded at Queensland’s Double Island Point as yet unidentified
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Experts puzzled by the mysterious yellow ‘mini-sub’ that washed up on a beach, while there is speculation about its origin and what it is used for.
- Unidentified boats washed ashore in Queensland
- The yellow object was found on Thursday morning.
- State government investigates identity of the object
A mysterious bright yellow submarine-like object washed ashore on a remote beach has baffled marine experts and sparked a search for its identity and purpose.
The yellow object was found on the shoreline of Double Island Point, a beach in Great Sandy National Park on Queensland’s north Sunshine Coast on Thursday morning.
Geoff Feeley was driving along the beach at low tide when he found the object around 5:15 a.m., taking photos to compare it to other marine objects to try to identify it.
He said he had “never seen anything like it” in his 30 years of camping at nearby Teewah Beach.
The object has a large boat-like body with a long bulge holding two lights at its end and two rudder-like components at the rear.
A mysterious bright yellow vessel (pictured) has sparked speculation about its identity after it washed up on a remote beach near Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Maratime Safety Queensland has recognized the ‘buoy’ and is trying to find the identity of its owner.
He said photographs of similar objects towed behind vessels have been photographed and reportedly used to map the ocean floor.
Other objects, such as military target finders, also resemble the object, however no identification has been confirmed.
“It’s the first time I’ve come across something like this,” he told 7News.
‘Maybe the strange coconut before, but nothing of this importance.’
Oddly enough, the object made landfall in the same vicinity as the 1,600-ton Cherry Venture in 1973.
The Scandinavian cargo ship was stranded on Teewah beach for 34 years before being removed in 2007.
Queensland Maritime Safety general manager Kell Dillon said the state government was “aware of a buoy” that ran aground.
Dillon said the authority is investigating to identify the owner of the buoy.
The object ran aground on Double Island Point (pictured), a couple of hours north of the Sunshine Coast, the same beach where the 1,600-tonne cargo ship Cherry Venture ran aground in 1973.
“He is also monitoring the risk of the buoy refloating while these inquiries are made and can take steps to secure it if necessary,” he said.
The social media user went wild speculating about the identity of the ship.
“Looks like it was placed there and then let the tide wash away the footprints,” wrote one Facebook user.
‘[It] looks like a mini embedded exploration sub,” wrote a second user.
“It’s a channel marker, it should be anchored to the bottom of the sea,” a third theorized.