#Scientists baffled by golden “egg” found in deep sea dive off Pacific coast of Alaska

A strange golden object found on the seafloor off the coast of Alaska is puzzling marine scientists who suspect it may be the egg of an unknown species.

The shiny object, which appears to have a hole in one side where a creature may have hatched, was discovered by a team of deep sea explorers from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) last week.

“Something tried to get in… or to get out,” one researcher was heard to say during the live feed of the remotely operated dive, which took place two miles beneath the surface at the site of an extinct volcano.

“I just hope when we poke it, something doesn’t decide to come out,” a second marine scientist said. “It’s like the beginning of a horror movie. When our collective knowledge can’t identify it, it’s something weird. What kind of an animal would make an egg casing like that?”