World of the Bizarre

These 'alien eggs' are not what they seem

By T.K. Randall
March 26, 2020 ·  2 comments

Best not to get too close... Image Credit: Twitter / @dAiTaI0524 The pictures, which were posted up on Twitter by a farm worker from Japan, show rows of 'eggs' sitting on the ground in a field with white tendrils protruding from the bottom of them.

It goes without saying that these weird objects bear more than a passing resemblance to the alien eggs first encountered by the crew of the Nostromo in Ridley Scott's iconic 1979 science-fiction horror movie Alien which starred Sigourney Weaver as protagonist Ellen Ripley.

Fortunately however, the 'eggs' are in no danger of spawning facehuggers - they are in fact Chinese cabbages growing in a field on a farm in Japan.The reason they look the way they do is because they have been left to wither in the winter air.

"At this time, be careful with the 'alien eggs' in the field because they are Chinese cabbage," the uploader - @dAiTaI0524 - wrote alongside the images.

It didn't take long for his Tweet to rack up tens of thousands of views.

この時期、畑にある
『エイリアンの卵』は
白菜なんでご注意下さい。 pic.twitter.com/eaRzlQg3FU

— 芝本大介 @ＧＰ隊 追いæ'®ã‚ŠéšŠ (@dAiTaI0524) March 15, 2020

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Tags: Eggs, Cabbage