That’s a moray? Online viewers were flabbergasted over a ghastly-looking sea creature washed up on a beach in California, as depicted in a Reddit post making waves online. “It’s giving me nightmares,” read the post describing the nautical night terror,

A pale, ghoulish sea creature with sharp teeth that washed ashore has mystified onlookers and the Internet. The long, slender animal turned up dead at near Laguna Niguel in California with its mouth open and tangled in some seaweed on Saturday.

Beachgoers in Southern California were confused and horrified after a creepy, pale snake-like creature with sharp, jagged teeth washed up onshore last weekend. Photos of the creature have since surfaced online where it captured the collective imaginations of the internet,