What alledged monster washed ashore recently?

Question

I don't even know much about the story. I that I do know is that it was on CNN and that some people were saying it was real, others a hoax. What is this supposed monster? Was it a bigfoot or something?

Answer 1

it was supposedly a hairless animal that washed up on a beach in New Jersey not far away from Plum Island Animal Research Center... here's a site with the pic

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/29/gaw...

Answer 2

looks like a tortoise with out a shell