Alien Invasion on the West Coast of the Western Isle's

[BloomingMarvellous]

Came across all sorts of debris in the Western Isle's including upside down cars in the middle of a field in the middle of know-where and tractors that stood where they broke down many pink moons ago. But when we came across this on the Western side of the Island our imaginations stated to distort.






Could It be... Over to you Scotty...

[seamusagleann]

think it's nothing more sinister than a grain silo!! or is the truth really out there!!!!

[solus]

You might find this interesting!

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Highlands and Islands | Mystery container found on beach

From the BBC News (Scotland - Highlands and Islands) 29th December 2007.

Experts are trying to identify a huge metal container that has been washed up on a beach in the Western Isles.
The tank, which is 27m tall standing upright, has no markings and is thought to have fallen from a ship before being washed up on the west of Benbecula.

It was discovered by a dog walker on Poll Na Crann beach - known locally as Stinky Bay - near Griminish.

Alasdair MacEachen, assistant director of environmental services at Comhairle nan Eilean Siar told BBC Scotland: "It's certainly generated a fair bit of interest with people walking on the beach or just travelling along the road, because you can actually see it from the main road along the west side of Benbecula.
"It's a big object so you can't miss it, and it's not often you see something like that on the beach.
"It would be standing almost 30m tall and really looks pretty much like a silo. I think it's a bulk storage tank of some sort, possibly for storing some liquids."


There was also a report on the CBBC Newsround site:
CBBC Newsround | UK | Huge mystery item found on beach

Both reports have photographs which show the same number 5580 as in your photo - looks like it's deteriorated a bit in the past 18 months!