Thought a half-human, half-goat is only a creature that only exists in mythology? Wait until you hear this bizarre story from Malaysia.

A Malaysian farmer got the surprise of his life last week when he discovered that one of his female goats has given birth to a kid. The little animal was found lifeless, but its appearance was startling: it seemed to have all the features of an ordinary goat, but with a human face.

In an interview with The Straits Times, 63-year-old farmer Ibrahim Basir shared how puzzled he was when he saw the newborn kid.

"When I went to check, I was quite shocked but fascinated too as its face, nose, short legs and even the condition of its soft body seemed like a human baby, but the light brown fur covering its whole body resembles that of a goat," Basir said, as quoted by WND.com.

Much to the farmer's surprise, the strange creature in his farm triggered a bidding war from various people equally fascinated by the human-faced goat.

Basir, however, chose to decline all offers of money he received, and instead turned over the seemingly hybrid creature to the Veterinary Services Department so that it can be studied further.

"We kept the kid's carcass in a polystyrene box filled with ice cubes before taking it to the district veterinary office at around noon yesterday," the farmer said.

Ismail Mohamed, chairman of the Johor state Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Committee, meanwhile said the out-of-the-ordinary goat is currently under investigation, which he said might take two weeks.

He added that the committee will explore why the goat has human-like features, and whether the mother goat was violated by a human, as speculated by some people on the Internet.

"For now we cannot confirm or deny anything as we have never received such a case before," Ismail said.

"We will have to wait for the results and findings to be finalised, and that takes somewhere between two weeks and a month," he added.