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Lori, St Louis, MO — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:57:20 GMT

With some of the bizzare genetic testing/gene splicing experiments being done by private companies nowadays, something weird is bound to wash up on the shore at some point, don't you think? Even if this is viral, some weird stuff may pop up later on.

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Alan, Dallas — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:53:20 GMT

It's a baby Cloverfield monster.

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GN, Orlando, FL — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:28:32 GMT

Don't be afraid! - The answer was quite mundane.

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

Although Fix News coverage brought an animal expert to explain what it was, the female co-anchor person still couldn't believe it. "But it's got a beak!" -ugh!

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Will Femia — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:00:24 GMT

So GN, are you trying to say that scientifically engineered alien monsters attacked a raccoon, attempting to transform it into some kind of beaked creature when the stress of the procedure ultimately killed the raccoon but not before it was able to flee to the sea, eventually washing up on this beach? Well... It's a stretch, but OK, you've convinced me.

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Alex, Overland Park, KS — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:02:31 GMT

Even if it is a raccoon, how the heck did it become noseless and hairless? Tell me there isn't some 12 year old walking around Long Island with a brand new Montak Monster skin cap...

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Paul M., Seguin, TX — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:46:29 GMT

Duh everybody....it is what all unidentified animal carcasses are. IT'S THE CHUPACABRA!!!!

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Tara — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:51:54 GMT

No, will. GN is saying that it is the hairless corpse of a large raccoon whose skull is missing the upper teeth

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KRW — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:56:23 GMT

Since the polls are still open, my vote is for manbearpig fetus. That is, if the polls really are still open.

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Kelly in Denver — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:13:22 GMT

Great writingon that one!

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ausador, St. Petersburg Florida — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 03:45:24 GMT

It would appear to be a sea turtle without it's shell.....legs, claws, tail, beak...yup.

So what is the giant mystery here? Besides the fact that people want one? I cannot believe no one else has suggested this yet as that is the first thing I thought of when viewing the picture.

It is a sea turtle that has been stripped of it's shell. Now how about finding the people who stole the shell simply to sell it and discarded the carcass in the ocean?

Killing protected species is supposed to be a crime, but I guess you get away with it if people think the bodies you leave to rot are some kind of sea monster.

Your telling me with all the thousands of people who have seen this picture no one, not even the wildlife service bioligists recognized it as a turtle carcass?

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Katie, Cleveland, Ohio — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:20:21 GMT

It can't be a turtle without it's shell, because a turtle's spine is in the actual shell, and you would clearly be able to see where the spine was ripped out on the actual creature. I'm going with raccoon.

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JE, Detroit — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:19:16 GMT

Here's a very good explanation of how the raccoon got to look that way:

http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/08/the_montauk_monster.php

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Brista, Cleveland OH — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:58:07 GMT

It's creepy looking no matter what it is. I wasn't expecting something so...scary movie.

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Angel H, New York, NY — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:01:25 GMT

I Belive its a alien racoons dont have beaks!!!!!

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katherine freudenthal — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:09:03 GMT

maybe its evolution happening again animals and creatures do change with time, who knows gives us all something besides the loch ness monster to come up with stories, or war why not something new to talk about