Everything from whales to giant turtles and even bags of cocaine have washed up along the west Wales coast. But a new item has appeared on a Gwynedd beach this week - a massive spherical buoy.

The huge object has been likened to a “dragon’s egg”. Its appearance has served as a warning of the sea’s “unreal currents” and the danger they pose to swimmers, North Wales Live reports .

Images of the beach-stranded buoy appeared online earlier this week. It’s believed to have washed up on Monday, June 2, carried by a high tide and the “crazy strength of the sea”, after reportedly being on the move at the weekend.

It ended up on Cemetery Beach, a long stretch of sand running up from Aberdyfi to Tywyn. Named after a nearby graveyard, it was an ironic destination for a big lump of metal whose so

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