The "fossilised creature" paranormal Crucible claims to have found

Pictures placed online, which were originally taken by the Nasa Mars Curiosity Rover, showed a strange rock formation that UFO researchers claim could be the fossilised bones of a long-dead Martian pre-historic beast.

YouTube channel Paranormal Crucible yesterday said the image was taken by the rover at the Gale Crater.

In a video, the channel said: "This appears to show the of remains of a possibly prehistoric monster.

"If we look closer we can see a large skull with a defined small bone, we can also see a large eye socket and a large curved spine.

"As we rebuild the artefact using enhancement techniques and colourisation,

we can begin to see that this artefact is the remains of a long-dead Martian creature.