Posted on 09/13/2017 8:12:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
A MYSTERIOUS sea beast has stunned experts after it was discovered on the shore in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
The freakish creature was spotted decaying on a US beach in Texas City, Texas, once the superstorm had cleared.
The monster – similar to something from horror movie It – can be seen in photos with its fangs and tail trailing across the sand.
Preeti Desai, from the National Audubon Society, found the monster lying on the empty beach.
FREAK OF NATURE: The sea beast washed up on the Texas shore following Hurricane Harvey
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She said: “We were on a beach in Texas City and saw this thing from afar, so I got closer to figure out what it was.
“I’ve already got a huge interest in wildlife, especially birds and ocean creatures, but it was so unexpected to see it there on the beach. On first glance it looked like something from the deep sea to me."
She added: “My initial thought was it might be a sea lamprey, but when I got close I realised there was no way that was what it was, particularly based on the mouth.
ALIEN: The monster could be a tusky eel which lives in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico =======================================================================
BEAST: The creature was swept up by Hurricane Harvey which wrecked Texas
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“We squished it around a bit, and even turned it over but couldn’t come up with any other ideas.”
But while no-one is certain what the beast actually was, Dr Kenneth Tighe of the world-renowned Smithsonian National Museum of National History thinks it may be a fang tooth snake-eel.
The creature –also known as a husky eel – is native to the Gulf of Mexico and lurks beneath the surface where it feasts on bony fish and crustaceans.
wasn’t that just signing books a short while ago ?
An evolutionary analog to the Pacific's Moray Eel.
Yep, that's just what I always do when I encounter a freakish unknown sea monster.
"Squished it around" is a technical term, for those not in the know...
Note to self...Never ever go swimming in the ocean. Holy crap.
I think I was served that at Long John Silvers.
Thanks for posting
“Note to self...Never ever go swimming in the ocean. Holy crap.”
Especially during a hurricane.
Jabba the Hutt after a long fast.
Hillary!
LOL!
A little melted butter and some lemon...
Nowhere are we given a size or sizing reference?
They talk eels so I’m thinking it’s not overly big.
How Big was it?. No size given. From the pictures it could be ten feet or twenty five feet. Was it real or something made in someones basement?
Looks like a very rotten dolphin to me.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4456990/hurricane-harvey-texas-beach-beast-sea-pictures/
see #17
DNA could settle this very quickly.
is there any such thing as a husky eel i ask!
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