Looks a bit like Maz Kanata from Star Wars

This is the mysterious mummified animal that’s been discovered in a cellar in Turkey, and experts really aren’t sure what it actually is.

The creepy fanged creature was discovered in an old cellar, and natural history experts still haven’t managed to identify it – although some believe that it could be prehistoric.

Others think that the creature’s fangs are a giveaway sign that it’s actually a mummified cat.

Speaking to MailOnline, renowned Egyptologist and animal mummies expert Dr Lidija McKnight speculated on the creature’s identity.


She said: ‘It looks like one of the naturally mummified cats we find in Britain – bricked up in chimneys, for example.



‘The tarsel/carpel bones look long which is diagnostic of feline species.’

This creature will stare into the very depths of your soul (Picture: CEN)

Describing the creature’s unusual gnashers, Dr McKnight added: ‘The teeth are a bit weird, but if the soft tissues have record through the desiccation process, they may just look more pronounced.’

The creature was found underneath the home of locksmith Abdullah Ozturk, who has since put the remains on display in his shop window.

Abdullah told local media: ‘I called two archaeologist friends who came and examined the skeleton.

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‘They told me that it belongs to a very old species which is probably extinct but they could identify it and they didn’t know which species it belonged to.’

It’s thought that the cat could date back all the way to ancient Egypt – where the animals were revered with near god-like status, and mummified after their death.