Police are investigating the origins of a mysterious bone after it washed up on a popular city beach.
The bone was seen sticking out of the sand at Perth’s Cottesloe Beach around 9am on Saturday.
WA Police secured the bone, believed to be human, with the help of Surf Live Saving staff.
“A forensics officer attended Cottesloe Beach and collected the bone,” a WA Police spokesperson said.
“The bone will now undergo further evaluation to determine whether or not it is a human bone.”
The bone is about 40 cm long and, if human, appears similar to the femur bone.
The bone was seen sticking out of the sand at popular Cottesloe Beach in Perth on Saturday morning.
The bone is about 40 cm long and appears similar to the femur bone found in the thigh of a human.
