Montauk monster??????

Question

Has anyone heard of it the creature that washed ashore somewhere in new york? Is it real or was somebody trying to mess with people?

Answer 1

I don't know, but it could be.  That one with the giant pig turn out being real when the people unburied it on t.v.  After that we all know now that wild pig can get super big.  So all I'm saying is if they ever unburied and actually have prove other than just a picture then we all know if it is true or not.

Answer 2

Its real. Nobody knows what it is though. It could be a dog, turtle out of its shell, or even an expirement gone wrong.

Answer 3

I think it's just a hoax. No one knows when the photo was taken - a respected director of Stony Brook University's Living Marine Resources Institute, William Wise, has ruled out the things most people think that the "monster" is.  He said likely it's someone playing a hoax, making the "monster" out of latex.  They have a quote from Wise below, at the first link.

I personally think it's a Photoshop job, but you never know. The second link mentions that possibility.  

If the animal had been real, don't you think the carcass would have been turned in to a marine expert??  The carcass is a LOT more convincing than a photo, don't you think?

Answer 4

yea i just heard of it, it seems like it might actually be real, but it might be either a racoon or dog. give people a chancee to analyze it

Answer 5

It can be identified, rather easily. It's a bloated, partially decomposed raccoon. The "hooked beak" is the exposed premaxillary bone. Look at a good picture and you can see the empty tooth sockets in the upper jaw. The news coverage of this has been an absolute circus. I saw it on CNN where they were showing the first photo of it to people on the street. As if Joe Clueless could identify it. Mysteriously, the reporters failed to consult a zoologist.

It's a Raccoon and you can go here for an excellent break down of the identifying markers and a comparison of the carcass to a raccoon. You can also see a second photo taken of the animal that makes its true identity a lot more obvious.

http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/...

Answer 6

yes i read it about it just now.  

It sorta looks like a turtle with no shell or perhaps its a sea creature?

There is a possibility that someone is trying to mess with us.  No one knows yet.

Answer 7

I think it's real but not a monster.. I think that its an animal from plum island.

Answer 8

ya it looks like a dead dog from pictures i saw.

I was fishing today on the long island sound but didn't catch anly monsters but i wish i did. Some people say that it was a experiment from plum island animal research facility thing but i think it is a deceased dog that has been deformed from the water.

Answer 9

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9a26pT7zQ04/RyyUpg...

look at the similarities, particularly the body shape and the position of the ear in relation to the eye.

besides, it has hooves! its a pig.

Answer 10

Ive heard of it i saw it on live journal. um, i dont know if its real or not i think its real im quite a gullible person but i think it is real.

Answer 11

it's a dead hairless tapir. if you don't believe me check it out.

Answer 12

it is real because people took pictures of it at a beach in montauk

Answer 13

I think it's real but not a monster  

Answer 14

I've seen the pics and the vids.  I was a zoology major in college, and I have never heard of a turtle with teeth.  Their skin also attaches to their shells.  So it obviously is not a turtle.  The size proportions lead me to beleieve it is not a dog.  The rear legs are too heavily muscled in proportion to the front.  I have no reference point to approximate the size of this pitiful creature, but from the general morphology, I would make the quick feild identification as either a small pig, notice the ears, or a racoon.  I really would like to see the feet better to be more absolute in my judgement.

Why does FOX News contnue to refer to this as a mutant?  You can't determine mutant strains unless you know the species that you start with.  Just another example of the sensationalistic nature if teh modern media's ignorance.

Answer 15

I really don't think it's real. The group of people who found it were not the first on the beach that day, so whoever was there first could have very easily left it on the shore as a joke or something.

People are saying it's either a dog or a turtle without its shell. They both sound pretty plausible to me, though from the head it looks like a turtle.

Answer 16

i think that its real. i was listening to one of the news reports and it mentioned that near the monster was washed up was the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. I think its an experiment gone wrong, and they tried to get rid of it some how.

Answer 17

I think its the Cloverfield monsters baby.

Answer 18

from the photos it look sorta fake but who knows.its face looks like a turtles but its body looks likes a pigs but it has claws.Then its only 2 1/2 to 3 ft long.it might be an expiremt gone wrong for all we now