A pensioner got the shock of his life after racing to rescue a woman washed up on a beach, only to realise it was a full size sex doll.
Chris Ford was walking along the strand looking for driftwood following a recent storm when he discovered the human-size headless body lying face down in the sand.
The 67-year-old quickly called on his partner to snap the bizarre moment, which left them both in fits of laughter and asking how on earth it had landed washed up on the beach.
The surprise encounter on Chesil beach was not the first time Ford has found significant items on the shoreline.
Chris, of Portland, Dorset, told WalesOnline : “It was a human-like figure but was too clean and too pretty - and it did not have a head.
“Apart from its lack of a face it was very anatomically correct. So as soon as I got to her I knew it was a sex doll.
“It just caught me by surprise, but we can only speculate where it came from.
“It is a busy shipping channel with loads of boats so it could have come from one of them.
“I just chuckled and found the whole thing hilarious.”
Chris said he left the doll in-situ on Chesil beach after the find on Sunday and it was later cleared away.
He added: “Another beach cleaner dragged it up near the bins and it was cleaned up with the rubbish - so I don’t think she had the greatest or most glamorous ending.
“I shared the pictures and it seems to have got a lot of interest. It is a great humorous story.”
The find comes at the same time police confirmed what Chris thought was a human arm he discovered was in fact a large mammal.
He said: “On December 8 in a storm I found what looked like a human forearm on the beach. It had five fingers which were longer than normal so I contacted the police. They came down and carried out forensics but they have just confirmed to me it was in fact a mammal.
“That one took a bit longer than to get to the bottom of than identifying the sex doll.”
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