An alien was spotted out on the streets... on their way to the shops to get essentials during the coronavirus lockdown. Police officers in Wigan stumbled upon a close encounter with the fourth kind while patrolling the streets in Platt Bridge.
The alarmed officers were not delirious with Covid-19 restrictions - a resident actually dressed up in a luminous green alien costume to do their essential food shop.
The costume came complete with highlighter-green gloves, shoes and, of course, a huge alien mask with big, black eyes. But the resident clearly still had practicality in mind - throwing on a black hoodie in case it got chilly and bringing along a bag to keep their bits and bobs in.