'Alien-like' creature has locals in a frenzy Alien-like creature found in South Africa. Picture: Lleyellyn Dixon/South African Herald Experts believe it's a disfigured baboon. IT WAS a discovery that had locals and beachgoers in South Africa scratching their heads, wondering if there was an alien in their midst. This strange-looking creature was discovered near Nature's Valley, a southern resort town near Plettenberg Bay. In pictures: Ugly animals It was photographed by the 17-year-old son of national park ranger Lleyellyn Dixon, the South African Herald reported. Following days of speculation, Dr Madgalana Braum of the Crags Veterinary Clinic shed light on the find: it was a disfigured baboon. He believes the remains look misshapen because the animal had been carried around by its mother after its death. "We have seen it quite often in baboon research troops, when females carry the deceased infants sometimes for as long as three to four weeks on their tail section before finally discarding them," Braum told Algoa FM.