One person told Radio Manchester they had “never seen anything like this in Rochdale before”, while another said the baby was like something from the 1990 sci-fi comedy Honey I Shrunk the Kids.
“I came around the coroner and I thought, ‘It’s just creepy with its eyes shut, never mind open’.”
Another passerby asked whether there was someone inside.
School groups have been invited to speak to the baby about their plans for looking after nature and animals in future.
The recordings will then by played back on 24 October as part of the three-day Wild Wanderers event, an outdoor environmental arts festival organised at Hollingworth Lake by Rochdale Council.
