Disembodied ‘finger’ found on beach prompts social media mystery

A gruesome-looking discovery on a tropical tourist beach has sent local social media users into a frenzy.

Social media sleuths have been sent into a frenzy after a mystery body part washed up on an idyllic tourist beach.

Beachgoer Tammy Threlfall posted a picture of what appeared to be a bloody and severed human finger on Monday afternoon, after she had been sent the image by a friend who was at Port Douglas’ Four Mile Beach in Far North Queensland.

After posting the image on Facebook’s buy/sell portal Marketplace – for the price of $1111 – users suggested Ms Threlfall report the disembodied digit to local police so it could be forensically tested.

The offending ‘finger’ on Port Douglas’ Four Mile Beach. Picture: Supplied

The false digit was put on Facebook Marketplace for the humorous price of $1111. Picture: Supplied

However, a trip to the beach with her friend to locate the finger again confirmed what some had suspected — the “finger” was nothing more than a rubber novelty.

“My friend saw it on the beach and took a picture so I posted it,” said Ms Threlfall.

“We went and looked at it again and it was rubber.”

“At the end of the day it was just a bit of fun,” she said.

Originally published as Disembodied ‘finger’ found on beach prompts social media mystery