Horror as a bone washes up on a popular Cottesloe beach in Perth
- Bone spotted protruding from beach
- Police to determine if it is human
- READ MORE: Eerie scenes as police dig up human bones near city beach
Police are investigating the origins of a mysterious bone after it washed up on a popular city beach.
The bone was spotted protruding from the sand at Perth's Cottesloe Beach about 9am on Saturday.
WA Police secured the bone - believed to be human - with the help of Surf Live Saving personnel.
'A forensic officer attended Cottesloe Beach and collected the bone,' a WA Police spokesman said.
'The bone will now undergo further assessment to determine whether or not it is a human bone.'
The bone is about 40cm long and, if it's human, it appears to be similar to a femur bone.
The bone was spotted protruding out of the sand at popular Cottesloe Beach, in Perth, on Saturday morning
The bone is about 40cm long and it appears to be similar to a femur bone found in the thigh of a human
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