PEOPLE passing by a Bolton shop can be forgiven for thinking that aliens have landed...

For a five-foot tall figure on the pavement outside a shop in Tonge Fold is making motorists and passers-by take a second look.

The figure is actually a sculpture made up of old car and motorbike parts.

It is owned by Wise Buys shop owner Les Hamar.

Mr Hamar bought the £2,000 sculpture three months ago for a farm he owns but he then decided to put it outside his shop in Bury Road.

Since then passing motorists have stopped in their tracks and people have been taking pictures of the fearsome looking creature.

Mr Hamar, who also owns a miniature version of the larger alien, said: "The sculpture has paid for itself. We have attracted a lot more trade since we put it outside the shop.

"It's been amazing how people have been taking pictures of the sculpture."