So you’ve taken your family down to the beach for a nice day
at the seaside. You look out to the water, and notice an ungodly sight. The
skeleton of an enormous sea serpent has washed up and is grinning evilly at
you. Yet there’s something stranger still about it, an odd metallic sheen that
suggests it could be less than natural. Maybe robotic. Maybe alien. Definitely
evil. And it is happy to see you.
This is the sight that awaits you at the Loire River where
it empties into the Bay of Biscay near Nantes, France. Artist Huang Yong Ping
has designed and installed this unusual and enormous beach décor. It’s not
modelled on a real sea serpent however, which is fantastic, because that would
be a whole new level of horrifying given they live exclusively in myths and
legends. That strange metal colour that makes it look almost robotic? Yeah, the
sculpture’s made of aluminium. And we’re pretty certain there are no circuits
in there; it’s almost certainly just a dead hunk of metal.
It does look pretty badass though. Tourism will certainly be
on the up in the area as people flock to see the beast that may one day
destroy them. Who wouldn’t be rushing to swim alongside the mythical serpent? Okay,
but who doesn’t want to go gaze upon this incredible installation? Lit up at
nightfall (above) it looks majestic. And like a scene from the opening credits
of a horror movie about an alien invasion.