Social media is abuzz after a woman posted video on her Facebook account showing a strange creature resembling an elf from the Harry Potter movies saunter through her driveway.

Vivian Gomez, who lives in Colorado, took to Facebook on Thursday and wrote: ‘So I woke up Sunday morning and saw this on my camera and am trying to figure out... what the heck??

‘First I saw the shadow walking from my front door then I saw this thing....has anyone else seen this on their cameras??

‘The other two cameras didn’t pick it up for some reason.’

Surveillance footage outside the home of Vivian Gomez shows an unusual looking creature

The strange being has an awkward walk. It is seen going through Gomez's driveway

The Facebook post generated 34,000 reactions and more than 118,000 shares

On social media, people speculated that the strange creature was 'Dobby' from the Harry Potter movies

The post generated 34,000 reactions and more than 118,000 shares.

Social media users observed that the ‘thing’ bore a resemblance to Dobby, the elf from the Harry Potter series.

'Why does “Dobby” look like he just stumbled out of the bar at 3am,' joked one Twitter user.

Another Twitter user wrote: 'idk why but the way movin his arms about halfway thru this vid is so wholesome like he look so excited to be out in the world.'

Another Twitter user said: 'Dobby is a free elf.'

'Dobby Jokes aside WTF is that creature,' wrote another Twitter user.

Vivian Gomez, who lives in Colorado, shared the footage. She is pictured above

One Twitter user wrote: 'idk why but the way movin his arms about halfway thru this vid is so wholesome like he look so excited to be out in the world.'

Another Twitter user joked: 'Dobby is a free elf'

'Why does “Dobby” look like he just stumbled out of the bar at 3am,' joked one Twitter user

'Dobby Jokes aside WTF is that creature,' wrote another Twitter user

Another Twitter user wrote: 'Y’all are so dumb just because Dobby died in the movie doesn’t mean Dobby the actor is dead in real life! Gosh some people don’t understand how movies work clearly.'

Others pointed out the video may be fake with many people asking whether the footage was 'real' or had been 'photoshopped'.

Gomez replied that it was real and added: 'I’ve watched it over and over and keep lights on inside now.'

Another user asked: 'Do you have a Ring doorbell? The motion sensors will alert you as soon as anyone comes near your property. So creepy!!! Are you sure you're not pulling our legs?! Lol'

Gomez replied: 'No Ring doorbell just cameras. How can I fake that? I’m not that tech savvy unfortunately.'

One person suspected that the culprit could be a child saying: 'If u look at it really close when video is large it looks like a kid in flip flops and underwear. when he gets to the driveway it looks like he has under wear and shorts or something on its head.'

Gomez, who appears to have two children according to Facebook, added that the footage was filmed at 8.59pm. She insisted that she didn't think it was possible it was kids messing around.