Mysterious ‘witch bottles’ have washed up on the Gulf of Mexico – and researchers are too afraid to open them.

Researcher Jace Tunnell found the items on a beach near Corpus Christi, Texas, on November 15.

The bottles get their name as they come from an unknown sender and often have weird items inside – including what some fear are spells.

A recently discovered witch bottle contained gooseneck barnacles clustered on the glass, meaning the artifact had been in the water for a while.

Tunnell told Fox News eight witch bottles have been discovered since 2017 and he does not get creeped out by them, but he will not open them because they are supposed to have ‘spells and stuff.’

Tunnell’s wife is also not up for taking any chances and told him that he can bring shells inside, but ‘no spell bottles.’ 

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