Originally published at: Mysterious huge object protruding from the sand on Florida beach | Boing Boing
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Perhaps the wreck of the Flying Dutchman, perhaps?
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No idea, but I’ll tentatively go with “spectator seating from when NASCAR had races on the beach”.
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Or a seahenge?
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They need to dig a little deeper to uncover the message:
“All these beaches are yours except this one, Attempt no landing here, Use them together use them in peace.”
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Aspect ratio looks wrong for a ship and the direction looks odd for a pier.
So I’ll concur with @FGD135 .
That, or a spaceship.
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Don’t all ships travel through space? (I mean, as opposed to being a time ship. I guess they all travel through time too, just in one direction and at one speed.)
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The NYT link in the article, in a more friendly format:
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Definitely Jimmy Hoffa.
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Since we have a house in the area, my bet is on stands from racing. I’d love it to be a ship, that’d be cool, but races were right there and they were FAR from good about cleaning up back then. We still find stuff on the beach after massive storms from it.
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Here’s a nice closeup photo.
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Now I’m curious if wood has ever been used, structurally or otherwise, in a real spaceship.
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Wasn’t there a Japanese experiment with a wooden satellite recently?
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Thank you! Came for this left satisfied
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Didn’t the Russians try using it as a heat shield?
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Well, if that first tweet is anywhere near accurate, it won’t be the Dutchman, then. I sit corrected. 
:: cues up Davy Jones from the second Pirates of the Caribbean movie ::
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The Tommyknockers???
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China. Re-entry capsules of early spy satellites.
The 1960ies Ranger Moon probes had balsawood camera mounts.
Recently a Japanese (?) cube sat; can’t remember whether proposed or actually made.
There should be something in the Spaaaaace thread.
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