Man left baffled as mystery discovery on beach leaves his dog 'bright orange'

02.01.2023 - 22:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk

A man was left baffled as his mystery discovery on a beach left his dog 'bright orange'. Ian Carmichael issued a warning to dog walkers to avoid the object which washed up ashore, reports North Wales Online.

The pet owner found the strange looking item washed up on a Welsh beach last month. He says he discovered another piece of it on the same Anglesey beach on New Year's Eve.

Ian said: "No idea what this is - washed up on Porth-y-post beach this morning.. but the dog ran straight to it and rubbed herself on it leaving her bright orange! Dog walkers beware!"

The tweet from the dog walker sparked a flurry of conversation on social media with people theorising what the object could be. Many people came to the conclusion that the mystery object was palm oil.

One person said: "Bath your dog and contact the vet as its palm oil and very toxic to dogs"

Another added: "We’ve gone and picked loads of this up off Porth Y Post and think it’s palm oil. Too much of it scattered about to be ambergris but we will test it.

"Currently in the blue bin." And a third agreed: "Palm oil, yes.

"Your dog mustn’t lick it or eat it! Very dangerous to dogs!"

Ian says he reported the initial debris he found to the coastguard and it was almost all gone the following day. But despite that he found that yet another piece of the debris had been washed up on the same Porth-y-Post beach on New Year's Eve.

Frankie Hobro, director of Anglesey Sea Zoo, confirmed it was palm oil. She said: "This is a palm oil berg and it is common for large numbers of them to be washed up on beaches in the same area at the same time as they are produced by a ship washing out its ballast tank.

"The resulting oil bergs get carried off to shore and wash up on beaches, so large numbers