Posted on 07/30/2008 9:00:43 AM PDT by dynachrome
REMAINS of a mysterious "creature" washed up on a Long Island beach have set websites in United States abuzz with speculation about its origins.
Hot on the heels of new claims from an ex-NASA astronaut about aliens visiting Earth, news of the find has excited conspiracy theorists around the world.
Dubbed the Montauk Monster after the Long Island town where it was found, the creature has prompted speculation it was part of a secret mutant breeding program undertaken by the US Government.
The Huffington Post has even given the creature its own blog.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
(I like the Garthym)
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G-W is good for quick cropping - but .gifs must be under about 240K
It’s a funny .gif
I’ll have to show you the original, each frame has different delays giving a more comic effect.
*Ahem.*
Not sure about the skeleton? It has a beak and I don’t know of any 4 legged animals that do. I guess we can blame it on the Very secretive and mysterious Plum Island. An escaped experiment maybe? ;o) LOL
Tortoise, or not tortoise, that is the question.
Dead Monster Washes Ashore in Montauk
GAWKER | Tue Jul 29 2008
Posted on 07/30/2008 9:39:30 AM PDT by Sopater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053750/posts
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
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2053785/posts
I’ve posted the group on two of the same related article.
Sorry, different headlines don’t come up on search. Funny threads, anyway!
It ain’t no turtle. Turtles don’t have any skeletal support without their shells and they’d be nothing but raw meat and guts outside their shells - butcher a snapping turtle sometime and see what I mean.
I vote for the dog or pig hypothesis. This critter has lost part of it’s snout and the septum is visible - not a beak. Beaks are two-part arrangements with a lower cutting surface to match the upper. This critter has a jaw with teeth - the upper teeth are under the remaining flesh.
I don’t know how I got on the crypto ping, I’ve never asked for it, but please take me off.
Thanks. :)
I’ve taken you off the list.
: )
And giving us the finger to boot.
I was out of town when this story popped up on the news and I couldn’t WAIT to get home to see what Freepers had to say!
susie
I kind of thought that, but on TV they pointed out that it had teeth. I’m thinking turtles don’t have teeth, but maybe some sort does.
susie
Is that bottom one from Cloverfield?
Actually, it looks like a gryphon. If there were such a thing that is.
susie
Wow, that’s a great theory! One thing I always notice is that the photos are never great. If I found something like that I would photograph it in different positions and from different angles to show all of the anatomy. No one ever does, which makes me very suspicious.
susie
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