Life-size replica of E.T. washes up on beach - Update

A stolen life-size replica of E.T. has come home - after a coastguard search for a 'body' washed up with the tide turned out to be the model alien. Pensioner Margaret Wells, 76, is delighted to have been reunited with her beloved E.T. which was handcrafted by her daughter nine years ago. It was stolen - along with a haul of jewellery and an iron - from Mrs Wells' home in Cosham, Hants, in September.

Police have now ensured the extra-terrestrial came home after it was spotted in the sea five miles away off Old Portsmouth, Hants. A walker dialled 999 after spotting it floating near the shore last Thursday. Police and coastguard attended the scene and quickly realised it was not a human, but the alien model.



Mrs Wells said: 'There's only one in the whole of England and that is mine. "The police rang and said somebody has found a body in the Solent and it belongs to you - it's E.T.' I always knew E.T. would come home. He has lost a finger and looks a bit roughed up. But he has a smile on his face."

The model was made by Mrs Wells' daughter Louise who spent three months creating it while doing a stage make-up course. A Coastguard spokeswoman said: "It rolled up on the beach and gave somebody a bit of a fright."

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