“Smiling” Rock Found on UK Island Surprises Fossil Hunter

A woman searching for fossils on a recent vacation with her husband got more than she bargained for when she found a weird and terrifying formation resembling a set of human teeth.

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Christine Clark, 64, was on Holy Island in Northumberland when she noticed a tiny stone that seemed to be “smiling” at her.

“It looked like someone’s fake teeth,” she told BBC of the strange find.

A person's fingers hold a dark gray rock with white, human-like teeth forming an open mouth.
The human teeth-looking fossil found by a UK woman on vacation is actually an ancient sea creature

Sure enough, perfectly embedded into the lower half of the rock is what appears to be a disembodied set of open choppers encircling a black “mouth” on an otherwise featureless pebble.