But does he have a picture of an alien? And if not, what will go next in the chain? (Unfortunately my alien snapshots are all on ye olde film and the scanner isn't working.)

Well, these look like they could be an alien species

Yes, they do! Uh, what are they?

Is a 'creative mind' a polite way of saying a 'warped mind'?

I don't have any photos of actual aliens (though some odd looking people have crept into my pictures through the years, not all of them were me).
Christinap's photos looks like boxing hares to me. What they're made from is another matter. Or they could be aliens...

Loved these photos Chavs & Chris!

They are boxing hares made out of wire. They're modern sculpture in an RHS garden near us.

More garden art. This is from Greenbay Botanical Gardens.

Not topiary, but definitely garden "art" ...

Another dead tree made into a sculpture (not as useful as the bench though).

Another dead tree - but this time "just" serving as habitat. In Hutton's Lagoon, Nagambie Lakes, central Victoria.

More habitat

I'm unable to see Dotb's post so continuing with Mike's theme.

Another lonely tree with hordes of tourists on either side at the Palace of Knossos, Crete.