CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — If you have been to Bob Hall lately, you may have noticed a huge piece of concrete taped off by orange plastic fencing.
That large piece of concrete has now caused enough concern to prompt some safety measures.
3News went out to investigate to find out what the slab of mysterious concrete is and how it got there.
"When I saw this piece of concrete, I thought it might have been like sand, I guess that was more like the baby turtles coming out or something. But then I got closer and I saw the hole was really big and I was like 'oh, what is this?'" asked beach goer, Emma Weaver.
The Weaver family visits Coastal Bend area beaches every year. The family's visit proved to be slightly different when they encountered the ten by twenty-foot piece of concrete in question, which suddenly appeared near Bob Hall Pier this week.
Scott Cross, the director of Nueces County Coastal Parks said that the issue can be explained by natural phenomena.
"With those high tides we see more erosion. We are having an erosion problem with this section of beach right now anyhow. Past Hanna. It just pops up. This was underneath the parking lot," said Cross.
"When the concrete appeared, they marked it with construction fencing to keep beach goers safe."
You might be wondering why people would care about fencing off this piece of concrete. One main reason is the rebar- pieces of metal that reinforce the concrete sticking out. They're rusty and they're sharp.
In addition to those sharp edges, some beach visitors told 3News they thought the concrete slab might have a storied history.
Many people told us they thought it might be the sunken remains of Bob Hall Pier.
"Since the pier broke down, I thought it was part of the pier area, but I didn't really know since it was just a piece of concrete sitting in the sand," said Kenedy Weaver, another beach visitor.
And that erosion has been worse because of high tides.
3News meteorologist Carly Smith said they have been bigger than normal.
"Any time we have that spring tide we have also coinciding with a cold front or some sort of storm system then you can get even stronger tides because you get higher waves out in the Gulf and then you get longer periods between those waves and that just allows that water more time to rush out onto the beach and then rush out off the beach," said Smith.
Scott Cross has a theory that may explain the mystery concrete.
"I'm really thinking it might have something to do with an old bath house that was built out here back in the 60's."
He says they'll have it removed as soon as they find a company to do it.