Posted on 08/01/2008 12:22:49 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
NEW YORK -- Is it real or is it a hoax? That's what many are asking after the corpse of a bizarre-looking creature with a dinosaur-like beak washed up on a Long Island shore this week.
A tipster told Gawker.com that there is "a government animal testing facility very close by" where the creature washed ashore. But government biologists contacted by Hamptons-based Web site Plum said after looking at the pictures that "no such creature exists," according to Gawker.
The woman who took the photo of the creature's corpse on the shore, along with two others who claim to have seen the "Montauk Monster," will appear on Plum's Web show to discuss the sighting.
While neighboring towns are abuzz with talk of the creature -- is it a sea turtle? a rodent? a dog? -- no one knows for sure.
Those who claim to have seen it told Newsday they were "shocked and amazed."
And if it were a real animal, one county executive said, it could make some money as an attraction.
"If this could be certified as the Suffolk version of the Loch Ness monster, we'd sell tickets and get a lot of revenue," County Executive Steve Levy told Newsday.
It’s either a racoon or a dog.
turtle-like
Twas only a matter of time...
That’s Charles Schumer’s aborted love child.
You beat me to it. Nothing more bizarre than the beak on that one!
Very slimy, ugly.
whatever it is, looks like its front two legs were tied together.
dead tortoise out of its shell.
Dead Monster Washes Ashore in Montauk
GAWKER | Tue Jul 29 2008
Posted on 07/30/2008 9:39:30 AM PDT by Sopater
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Alien invasion or viral blitz? (creature washes up on Long Island)
Daily Telegraph | 7-30-08 | unattributed
Posted on 07/30/2008 9:00:43 AM PDT by dynachrome
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Montauk Monster: Property of the USDA?
Associated content.com | July 30th, 2008 | By Carol Bengle Gilbert
Posted on 07/30/2008 10:50:00 AM PDT by Perdogg
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‘Montauk Monster’ Mystery Gets More Mysterious (FOXNEWS) (NEW picture)
Fox News | 8-1-08 | fox news
Posted on 08/01/2008 6:56:43 PM PDT by Terriergal
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