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Too big to be a shark and too fast for a whale. So what is the mystery creature captured by Google
UK Daily Mail ^ | December 15, 2014 | Sarah Dean

Posted on 12/15/2014 7:39:37 AM PST by C19fan

A giant mystery sea creature is thought to have been spotted in the turquoise waters of one of New Zealand’s most idyllic bays. A huge unexplained wake can be seen in a Google Earth image of Oke Bay, in the Bay of Islands, an area on the east coast of the Far North District of the country's North Island, captured by satellite at about 11.30am on January 30. Engineer Pita Witehira, who spotted the wake while on Google Earth researching for his holiday home, told Daily Mail Australia the wake could have been left by a creature around 12 metres in size.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bayofislands; cryptobiology; cryptozoology; newzealand; okebay; pitawitehira; zealand
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1 posted on 12/15/2014 7:39:37 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

godzirra?


2 posted on 12/15/2014 7:40:55 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: C19fan
The copyright mark in bottom left corner says "Goggle Maps."

Seems legit....

3 posted on 12/15/2014 7:45:29 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: C19fan

Submarine?


4 posted on 12/15/2014 7:45:41 AM PST by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: C19fan

when they included the 50 foot crab they lost me


5 posted on 12/15/2014 7:46:28 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: The_Victor

https://maps.google.com/maps?output=classic&dg=brw


6 posted on 12/15/2014 7:46:31 AM PST by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: C19fan

Malaysian Flight 370.


7 posted on 12/15/2014 7:47:19 AM PST by Toespi
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To: The_Victor

Link fail. Try this instead … go to maps.google.com and type in Oke Bay, New Zealand. Same picture shows up.


8 posted on 12/15/2014 7:47:31 AM PST by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: C19fan

They show a pic of a 50-ft crab, so maybe the other is a big shark.


9 posted on 12/15/2014 7:48:50 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: C19fan

USO. Unidentified Swimming Object.


10 posted on 12/15/2014 7:49:37 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian (quod est Latine morositate)
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To: Toespi; All

The southern Loch Ness Monster????


11 posted on 12/15/2014 7:51:39 AM PST by rdl6989
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To: rktman

Phil the Kraken?


12 posted on 12/15/2014 7:55:50 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: C19fan

Did someone release a Kraken?


13 posted on 12/15/2014 7:56:29 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
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“Honey, the Kraken got out!.....Oh, no! Not again....Honey, the Kraken knocked over the garbage cans againnnnnnn.........”


14 posted on 12/15/2014 7:59:01 AM PST by ransomnote
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To: C19fan

CTHULHU!


15 posted on 12/15/2014 8:02:11 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: Blue Collar Christian

Will the call it as Shale or a Whark?


16 posted on 12/15/2014 8:04:58 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I see what you did there.


17 posted on 12/15/2014 8:07:58 AM PST by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: C19fan

What a joke. It is obviously a boat.


18 posted on 12/15/2014 8:12:39 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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To: C19fan
Using special photo enhancement software I found this!

19 posted on 12/15/2014 8:13:26 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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Not sure about that one, but THIS one:

>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2873860/Giant-mystery-creature-spotted-coast-New-Zealand-Google-Earth.html<

is clearly a democrat!


20 posted on 12/15/2014 8:15:26 AM PST by G Larry (Amnesty imposes SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL immigrants & minorities)
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