Is the Montauk monster really a decomposed Racoon?

Question

http://www.animachina.com/images/whatisit/montauk_monster_racoon.jpg

What do yall think it is?

Answer 1

dead tapir. btw, that creature's body is pretty big for a racoon. but i could be wrong because tapir's have strange large toes.

Answer 2

i think its probably a racoon.and it didnt have a beak it was a decomposed snout with missing teeth.it cant be a shelless turtle because they spine is attached to the shell and that animal has it spine.the only weird thing is the marine patrol bured it and the story wasnt supposed to be given out.its kinda funny that people were saying its the montauk monster and all it was was a decompsed racoon.

Answer 3

No it is not. I believe it is a dead dog. You can tell  by the tail,four legs, ears, body structure, and the teeth. Probably the dog was killed and thrown into the ocean. It must of kept floating in the water and no sharks ate it and washed up on the shore. ( By the way it has no beak that is the skull being exposed )

Answer 4

That Montauk monster has a beak.

Racoons do not have beaks.

Neither do tapirs.

It's not a sea turtle without it's shell either because it also has teeth.

I have no idea of what it is.  I'm leaning towards something from that research lab near the beach where it was found.

Answer 5

I believe it is. I've seen dead animals with their coat sloughed off. Without fur they look much different than when alive. The dentition matches the raccoon, and the nose cartilage appears to be worn or eaten away (no "beak" as some have suggested). The carcass is said to be about 2 1/2 feet long, about right for a raccoon.

Answer 6

Most probably. Nice one.

I never believed it was a "monster" in the first place.