John Mooner claims to have had a close encounter of the third kind the bizarre humanoid in the park in Newton Abbott, Devon, on Monday this week.

Mr Mooner, who runs the website worldufophotosandnews.org, claims the being resembled a "classic alien grey" and was hostile towards him.

He told the Herald Express local newspaper: "I was doing some paranormal investigation looking for anything out of the ordinary and I had just walked around the woods when I saw someone standing there in the park.

"It was as I got closer that I realised that it was no man.

"I had the shock of my life it was a grey alien. The grey alien was just standing there blocking the way I was heading.