Martin Greenwood’s picture of the two Mercedes cars that appeared to have been ‘beached’ on Inch Strand on Sunday

Visitors to Inch Beach on Sunday morning were left scratching their heads in confusion at the sight of not one, but two, Mercedes cars abandoned on the strand.

The virtually identical cars had clearly been submerged in water overnight and had both suffered the wrought of the tide - presumably left there by owners who were unaware of the damage that awaited.

Local man Martin Greenwood discovered the cars while walking his dogs at the end of Inch Beach early on Sunday morning and posted the picture (right) to the popular Facebook site, 'This is Kerry.'

One of the cars had been engulfed in water as its front and rear windows were open, while its boot appeared to be full of sand.

While the cars have since been cleared from the strand and the owners remain a mystery, Martin said that the purpose of the Facebook post was simply to warn people about the dangers of driving onto the beach.

"This is Kerry...and a warning to others about driving in soft sand," he said of the picture.

The bemusing snap sparked quite a lot of comment from fellow Facebook users - some of whom greeted it with the wit for which us Kerry folk are known , while others came up with some interesting conspiracy theories.

One post read: "You lucky buggers. Mercs...the last time I went to the beach all we found washed up was a piece of baling twine, a few beer cans and those bloody shells."

Another meanwhile, read:

"What's the chances of same cars, same place, both ruined,...strange!!"

Whatever the reason, we certainly wouldn't like to be footing the valet bill.

Kerryman