I was sitting in the office today in between patients and my secretary came in and said to me, did you see the Montauk Monster pictures yet? Of course I had not, so I had to do a little research on the subject. After a few quick google searches, I found alot of information pertaining to a supposed monster-like creature that had washed up on the beaches of Montauk, Long Island, NY.
Here’s how the story goes: someone was walking in front of a restaurant when they spotted something dead on the beach, they went down to check it out and soon there was a crowd developing. The person snapped a quick photo and some guy came down and carted the creature off before anyone else could get a shot of it. The guy was “quoted” as saying he was going to mount this monster like creature on his wall…
Here is a shot of this infamous creature:
With this photo being “released” there has been a lot of speculation as to whether this is a hoax, or whether it is some new species yet to be discovered… Stories have ranged from this being an experiment that went wrong at the Montauk Government facility to a turtle without its shell. On the other spectrum, skeptics have called this a photoshopped viral marketing piece for a company, an x-files movie promotion, or something to promote a new tv show called plum tv.
Here is a short video from youtube that aired on CNN earlier this week:
My vote is that this is clearly a photoshopped monster - there is no size reference in the picture, there is only one shot of the monster, and the shadows appear to not match up. I bet we will see this hoax uncovered in the next couple days. What do you think? Leave me a comment below!
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August 8th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
It’ a hoax, and it’s a movie prop puppet. Colin Davis who claims to have the monster remains is an actor and he was in Mamma Mia as a driver, give me a break!
August 9th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
wow that is sooooo a turtle without a shell u guys are retards!?
Ok theres no way its a pitbull.And the beak thing,all turtles have one but its just covered with skin.Im telling you its a sea turtle without a shell.But i can’t explain the wrist band.
August 13th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Hahaha Colin Davis is not an actor he’s a 22 year old kid from Montauk. He graduated from East Hampton High School in ‘03. Nice try.
August 15th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
This is real, I saw one in my backyard and it broke into my house and stole all my wristbands and just left.
August 15th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
its a dog/pig/turtle/creature from the deep! well, watever it is, i wouldnt wanna see that when i wake up!
October 11th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
so i really doubt its a turtle wit out a shell or dotg or racoon thingy. so is it real or not, thats what i wanna know. im tired of hearing gossip about this i wanna know something interesting… for real for real….
October 29th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
I stumbled across this a little late, but here goes:
It’s not a turtle. A turtle’s spine and ribs are fused to it’s shell. There’s not much left that looks like an animal without the shell. Oh, and turtles don’t have teeth.
I have no other information about it than what I can see in the picture and my knowledge of the anatomy of animals.
The skull is the wrong shape for a dog.
If I had to take a guess, based on the size of the sand particles and the shape of the skull and body, I’d go with maybe a house cat. It’s been in the water a while and most of it’s skin and hair has sloughed off, something has eaten it’s nose and lips and it’s a litle swolen. The upper teeth are still covered by skin/muscle and the lower teeth are exposed.
Given the condition, I could easily be wrong about what animal it is, but I don’t see any reason to think it’s anything other than an ordinary dead animal that’s been floating in the water a while. Everyday animals look very different than you might imagine without their fur and skin.