A "Monster" in Montauk!

[Hannah]

http://gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2008/07/IMG_1883_3_.JPG

http://gawker.com/5030531/dead-monster-washes-ashore-in-montauk


Maybe I'm just crazy, but isn't it, uh... a turtle?

[Raph's Girl]

That aint no turtle. For one it looks like it has fur...and it's got a rodent like tail...and in the jaws there's teeth! Plus look at the back legs...they're somewhat like that of a mammal. Almost looks like it's got a lobster claw.

Looks like ole Shredder is experimenting again....

[Voltron]

http://gawker.com/5030531/dead-monster-washes-ashore-in-montauk


Maybe I'm just crazy, but isn't it, uh... a turtle?

No, I concur. Looks like a turtle lost its shell.

[poiuytre]

What the heck? You guys...ITS TOKKA!

http://www.terrible2z.com/coleco-wh0rehouse/sewer/tOkKa-sticker.gif

The resemblance is uncanny.

[Hannah]

See, now I'm imagining this thing as god damn massive. Thanks.

[Tinuvielsdreams]

yikes! I was not prepared for that when I clicked into this link. That thing is pretty freaky looking

[TheRebel]

Jeff Corwin said on FoxNews this morning that, depending on its size (no point of reference in the picture), he believes it to be a raccoon or dog. The "beak", he states, is actually the decomposing jaw, revealing the canine teeth.

Woo! First post, long time viewer

[Voltron]

Oh, what does Jeff Corwin know?

I say it's a mandragora. Someone tried to harvest it and, when it screamed real loud they dropped it. The fall, unfortunately, killed the creature.

You can tell from the markings on the tire!


I'm so lonely. . .

[Raph's Girl]

Jeff Corwin said on FoxNews this morning that, depending on its size (no point of reference in the picture), he believes it to be a raccoon or dog. The "beak", he states, is actually the decomposing jaw, revealing the canine teeth.


Dear Jeff Corwin,

Dogs/Racoons have flippers now?

Nice to know that this has made it to the news (even if it is FOX news).

[Evenstar227]

Does anyone else think that's a Photoshopped picture?

In one of the follow-up articles (http://gawker.com/5031400/montauk-monster-madness-spreads) to the link in the original post they write:

But for this to be a Photoshop hoax several people would have to be lying, including that friendly waiter fella, so let's move on.

Oh, yes. Some sort of monster washing ashore is SO much more likely to occur than people lying. But they're probably being sarcastic so I suppose I can't heap the vituperation on. Darn.

[VaughnMichael]

It's obviously one of Mcdonalds and KFC's escaped genetic chickens I mean come on look at it.:lol:

[Ninjinister]

Could be Photoshopped; my analysis tools are at home, so I can't tell for sure from here.

I'd rather it be some sort of bizarre cryptid, though. One that can't be explained away by some helmet-wearing psuedoscientist as just being a disfigured or diseased member of a previously encountered species.

[Cowabunga Carl]

See the way I see it is that they don't know what it is but don't want to admit it. Of course if you are an "expert" you wouldn't admit cryptozoological creatures exist.

[That Matt Guy]

what the hell is a montauk?

[Hannah]

...Montauk, New York?

[愛]

Oh, what does Jeff Corwin know?

I say it's a mandragora. Someone tried to harvest it and, when it screamed real loud they dropped it. The fall, unfortunately, killed the creature.

You can tell from the markings on the tire!


I'm so lonely. . .

He's...he's a reverse vampire, they crave the sun. They love it! They love to get tans! He's from....Tansylvania!

[Raph's Girl]

what the hell is a montauk?

Montauk derives its name from the Montaukett Native Americans who previously lived on Long Island. Some of the tribe were later exiled to Missouri.

Hmm... Perhaps this creature has something to do with the Montauk Project?? Time travel and experiments on aliens...always ever so fun!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Project

[PAAATE]

I don't care what you call it, I call it dinner.

[Jester]

So it's not the Minnetonka Mutant?

[Ra]

I doubt that this thing is real. One side (http://gawker.com/5030531/dead-monster-washes-ashore-in-montauk) is comepletely different from the other (http://gawker.com/5031872/scientist-plea-from-montauk-monster-finders) according to the photos.

I just hope we aren't looking at a case of animal experimentation here.

[VaughnMichael]

What the hell it looks totally differnt from the other side, like the other images was stretched out/ distorted or something.
It looks like a dead dog that had been decaying in the water or eaten away for awhile in the new image.
I can't believe the morons that are sitll saying turtle, a turtle would die without it's shell and doesn't even have a full rounded body like that.:roll:

[Hannah]

I can't believe the morons that are sitll saying turtle, a turtle would die without it's shell
Yeah, yanno... it is dead.

[Machias Banshee]

I love my cryptozoology, but this just seems a little too hard to believe. I wanna see that body in a box in front of a news camera, but even then I would be skeptical. Anyone remember the 'Dragon in a Jar' hoax a few years back?

And a turtle isn't a totally enclosed body, If I remember right. The shell and the body aren't separate parts... If it were a turtle, the dorsal section would be totally ripped up without a backbone.

If it Was a case of animal experimentation, I'd be worried to see what the HELL they were doing...

It's probably a case of someone being bored and playing with Photoshop.

[VaughnMichael]

Yeah, yanno... it is dead.
Well no sh1t sherlock, but a turtles body isn't one full fleshy part like that is.
A turtles flesh is attached to the shell, if a turtle is disconnected to that it would be a floppy bloody mess.:dead:
And a turtle isn't a totally enclosed body, If I remember right. The shell and the body aren't separate parts... If it were a turtle, the dorsal section would be totally ripped up without a backbone.
Exactly!
It's probably a case of someone being bored and playing with Photoshop.
http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2008-07/41361961.jpg
Why is it so hard for people to believe that it could be just a decaying dog?
It could have fallen into the water died, the fur came off and as we can see not all of it.
the front is the mouth of the dog which is decaying, it has floppy little dog ears, a dogs tail, little feet, & roundish eyes.
I'm guessing dead lost pug or something along those lines.
I know everyone wants there to be unknown creatures but I really think people are over reacting.
Infact here is another dead washed up decayed dog I found online.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/133/377618924_669f91554b.jpg
If you look at the orig. photo and that other animal you'll notice the fingers are almost the same.

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2008-07/41361961.jpg
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Ok now it looks like a Pig... an obviously very male pig.....

[Warhorse]

Huh, this story has been floating on the front page of AOL for a while now. This morning, my mom asked if I seen the story about the strange creature, and this is whn I got word that it finally his the networks.

Alot of people I know are leaning towards it being a hoax. Remember the guy who tried to make a dead monkey look like an alien after he shaved it?

[poiuytre]

Ok now it looks like a Pig... an obviously very male pig.....
Of all the things, you notice that? ...aaaaand now it's the first thing I see whenever I look at the image. :dead: I hope you're happy.

[StealthNinjaScyther]

It's just a raccoon.

http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/08/the_montauk_monster.php

[Ninjinister]

If it wasn't already decaying and it looked like that, there would be a stronger argument for it being a cryptid.

[Hannah]

It's just a raccoon.

http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/08/the_montauk_monster.php
Get out of my thread! Logic is not allowed!

[Buslady]

whatever it is, it's mammalian. Reptiles don't have external man parts. Like Machi said, not a turtle. The body of a turtle/tortoise is their shell, there is no skin between it and a body. No shell, no turtle.

It's sun burned. It has paws, and toe like appendages. We dont know how large it is cos there is nobody by it to give you perspective. IMO, it's a really F***ed up dead dog or raccoon... - just read the article, yeah totally agree it's a coon.

it's like the pic from awhile back of the dead cat washed up in Long Beach. they said it was some freak monster when I know cats are feral there, it got swept out and died.