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		<title>Another New Montauk Monster, Southold New York</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 12:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another new montauk monster was reportedly found this month in Southold New York. There are documented photos and a video that you can see below. This new montauk monster has the same potential to become a media frenzy much like the montauk monster of summer 2008. This new montauk monster looks more like a pig [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">Another new montauk monster was reportedly found this month in Southold New York. There are documented photos and a video that you can see below.  This new montauk monster has the same potential to become a media frenzy much like the montauk monster of summer 2008. This new montauk monster looks more like a pig than a raccoon or dog (which is what the 2008 montauk monster looked like). The real difference in this story is that the owner of montauk-monster.com is trying to exploit the media and sell these videos and photos for a premium.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">The owner &#8220;Nicky Papers&#8221; claims a couple found the body of this new montauk monster while taking a stroll one night.  This couple just so happened to have his contact info and email him while on the beach after this discovery (yeah I know it sounds far fetched to me too).  Nicky then replied to them, talked to them on the phone and then drove &#8220;an hour&#8221; to see this new montauk monster, all without anyone other than the couple and Nicky seeing it.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Nicky claims the corpse of this new montauk monster smelled like a mix of low-tide and rotten garbage.  In my opinion this is a pig or boar, it was planted by Nicky, and he is looking to cash in on this scam. The only thing that stinks like rotten garbage is this story!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Here&#8217;s the photo and video of the new montauk monster so you can decide for yourself whether this is yet another montauk monster hoax, or it is the real deal:</p>
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		<title>Borneo Monster Photo. 100ft Snake Like Creature in the River Baleh.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Borneo Monster photos have surfaced and reporters are claiming that they real photographs of a 100ft snake swimming in the middle of the river Baleh in Borneo. The Borneo Monster is allegedly a creature of folk lore according to the local Borneo tribes.  They call it Nabau, which is a shape shifting sea serpent. To [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Borneo Monster photos have surfaced and reporters are claiming that they real photographs of a 100ft snake swimming in the middle of the river Baleh in Borneo. The Borneo Monster is allegedly a creature of folk lore according to the local Borneo tribes.  They call it Nabau, which is a shape shifting sea serpent. To me the photos look like a fake, and not even a good one at that. If you look closely at the photo you can see pixelation around the so called Borneo Monster, which is not consistent with the rest of the photo, this is a dead give away for a fake or photoshopped image. Also based on size indications of the tree on the shoreline, this object would be much larger than 100ft!</p>
<p>Here is the photo of the Borneo Monster. This snake like creature is taking the internet by storm, you be the judge whether it is real or a hoax!</p>
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<p>Like the montauk monster, I have a feeling that this is just another viral marketing campaign, even though the montauk monster was never officially determined to be a fake. I guess only time will tell, who knows, maybe we will see a movie with the title, &#8220;Borneo Monster&#8221;, or &#8220;Montauk Monster&#8221;, or even a show down between the two Monsters called &#8220;Montauk Monster v. Borneo Monster&#8221;.  Hopefully it will be better than Alien v. Predator!<br />
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		<title>Montauk Monster Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montauk Monster Update&#8230; Or The Lack There of I Should Say. This summer I put together a few articles (CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR ORIGINAL STORY) about the &#8220;Montauk Monster&#8221;, a speculative creature that supposedly washed up on the beach in Montauk, only to become a highly viral email flooding inboxes world wide.  Now that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Montauk Monster Update&#8230; Or The Lack There of I Should Say.</p>
<p>This summer I put together a few articles <a title="First Montauk Monster Story" href="http://ifishct.com/blog/2008/08/02/montauk-monster-like-creature-washes-up-on-beach-hoax-or-reality-you-decide/"  target="_blank"><strong>(CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR ORIGINAL STORY)</strong></a> about the &#8220;Montauk Monster&#8221;, a speculative creature that supposedly washed up on the beach in Montauk, only to become a highly viral email flooding inboxes world wide.  Now that the hype and excitement has subsided, the question begs to be answered&#8230; What was the final verdict on the so called Montauk Monster?  Where there are any definitive answers? Did anyone ever find the remains and allow scientists to exam it? Was it a viral marketing ad for a movie? If so what movie?</p>
<p>A search around the internet reveals that nothing final has come of this whole ordeal. It seems that it has just been swept under the rug.  I would like to see some closure, and I am sure you would too.  If anyone has any further information about what happened to this story, please feel free to comment below with an update&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Montauk Monster. Pug, Turtle, Raccoon. Yet another followup!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[More montauk monster mayhem. Speculations as to what this thing really was are still turning up on the internet. The latest one that I saw was that the animal was a dog, more specifically a pug. The two pictures below are from http://forgetomori.com/2008/skepticism/montauk-monster-raccoon-or-pug/, and show a comparison of a pug next to the supposed &#8220;monster&#8221; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More montauk monster mayhem. Speculations as to what this thing really was are still turning up on the internet. The latest one that I saw was that the animal was a dog, more specifically a pug. The two pictures below are from <a title="montauk monster pug photo" href="http://forgetomori.com/2008/skepticism/montauk-monster-raccoon-or-pug/" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/forgetomori.com');" target="_blank">http://forgetomori.com/2008/skepticism/montauk-monster-raccoon-or-pug/</a>, and show a comparison of a pug next to the supposed &#8220;monster&#8221; that washed up on the beaches of Montauk. Note this is a different picture of the monster than in my previous posts, and is supposed to be the underside of the same creature.</p>
<p><a class="thickbox" title="photo of a pug for comparison to the montauk monster" href="http://ifishct.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/random-photos/montauk-monster-pug.jpg" ><img class="ngg-singlepic ngg-center" src="http://ifishct.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/random-photos/montauk-monster-pug.jpg" alt="montauk monster pug" /></a></p>
<p><a class="thickbox" title="photo of the underside of the montauk monster" href="http://ifishct.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/random-photos/montauk-monster-underside.jpg" ><img class="ngg-singlepic ngg-none" src="http://ifishct.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/random-photos/montauk-monster-underside.jpg" alt="montauk monster underside" /></a></p>
<p>If you look at this picture it is convincing at first glance, but when compared to the <a title="montauk monster photo" href="http://ifishct.com/blog/2008/08/02/montauk-monster-like-creature-washes-up-on-beach-hoax-or-reality-you-decide/"  target="_blank">montauk monster</a> picture in previous posts, you can tell that the paws and finger like digits don&#8217;t match a pug. The turtle theory has been all but debunked since they don&#8217;t have teeth. As of right now if this is a real animal, I am banking on raccoon.  However I still believe this is merely a hoax, and part of a large viral marketing campaign that has been exucted to perfection &#8211; Bravo viral guru, Bravo! Let the rampant speculation continue&#8230;</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><a href="http://ifishct.com/blog/2008/08/02/montauk-monster-like-creature-washes-up-on-beach-hoax-or-reality-you-decide/"  target="_blank">MONTAUK MONSTER LIKE CREATURE WASHES UP ON SHORE</a></span></p>
<p><a title="Montauk Monster Raccoon" href="http://ifishct.com/blog/2008/08/04/montauk-monster-raccoon-a-follow-up-story/"  target="_blank">MONTAUK MONSTER RACCOON? A FOLLOW UP STORY </a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe not as a weird as the Montauk Monster, or maybe it is, you can decide as well as I can; the Batfish is definitely a strange creature&#8230; This photo has in no way been photoshopped or touched up, the lips on this thing are real (no lipstick applied!)&#8230; These creatures are found in the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe not as a weird as the Montauk Monster, or maybe it is, you can decide as well as I can; the Batfish is definitely a strange creature&#8230; This photo has in no way been photoshopped or touched up, the lips on this thing are real (no lipstick applied!)&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="thickbox" title="photo on the cover of national geographic of a batfish" href="http://ifishct.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/random-photos/rosy-lipped-batfish-wilms.jpg" ><img class="ngg-singlepic ngg-center aligncenter" src="http://ifishct.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/random-photos/rosy-lipped-batfish-wilms.jpg" alt="red lipped batfish, not photoshopped" width="336" height="251" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">These creatures are found in the waters surrounding Costa Rica, can foil the plans of even the most sneaky &#8220;joker&#8221; fish, and can <span id="more-128"></span>be used as an excuse to the question &#8220;What is that lipstick on your collar?&#8221;: Uh this? it&#8217;s not what you think, I was swimming and I bumped into a rosy lipped batfish! Ok, ok maybe just the part about Costa Rica is true&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">What do you think a batfish would sound like if it could talk? Maybe something like James Earl Jones&#8230;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last couple days, the internet community as a whole has developed many theories as to what the &#8220;montauk monster&#8221; really is or if it is even a real creature or not.  The most appealing to me has been the theory of a decomposed raccoon&#8230;  Now I know what you are saying, but the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the last couple days, the internet community as a whole has developed many theories as to what the &#8220;montauk monster&#8221; really is or if it is even a real creature or not.  The most appealing to me has been the theory of a decomposed raccoon&#8230;  Now I know what you are saying, but the following picture courtesy of animachina.com seems to paint a pretty good argument for this possibly being a raccoon if it is indeed a real photo of a real animal found on the beaches of montauk.</p>
<p><strong>See for yourself:</strong></p>
<p><a class="thickbox" title="montauk monster really a raccoon?" href="http://ifishct.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/random-photos/montauk-monster-racoon.jpg" ><img class="ngg-singlepic ngg-center" src="http://ifishct.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/random-photos/montauk-monster-racoon.jpg" alt="montauk-monster-racoon.jpg" width="469" height="412" /></a></p>
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<p>Now I am not saying this is definitive proof, but it is the best explaination yet besides it being a latex creature <span id="more-103"></span>set up for a publicity stunt.</p>
<p>I will post more information as it becomes available.</p>
<p><strong>Other strange things have been showing up on the shores of Long Island as well&#8230;</strong> </p>
<p><a class="thickbox" title="bull mastif walrus mix" href="http://ifishct.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/random-photos/bull-mastif-walrus-mix.jpg" ><img class="ngg-singlepic ngg-center" src="http://ifishct.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/random-photos/bull-mastif-walrus-mix.jpg" alt="bull-mastif-walrus-mix.jpg" width="387" height="251" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Ok well maybe this one is a hoax, but who wouldn&#8217;t want to see a bull mastifrus?</strong></p>
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<p><strong><a title="montauk monster really a pug?" href="http://ifishct.com/blog/2008/08/16/montauk-monster-pug-turtle-raccoon/"  target="_blank">CAN THE MONTAUK MONSTER REALLY BE A PUG?</a></strong></p>
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		<title>Montauk Monster Like Creature Washes Up On Beach &#8211; Hoax or Reality? You Decide!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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. </p>
<p>Here&#8217;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 <span id="more-87"></span>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 &#8220;quoted&#8221; as saying he was going to mount this monster like creature on his wall&#8230;</p>
<p>Here is a shot of this infamous creature:</p>
<div class="mceTemp"><a class="thickbox" title="photo of the mystical hyped monster like creature that supposedly washed up on the shores of montauk beach" href="http://ifishct.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/random-photos/montauk-monster-like-creature.jpg" ><img class="ngg-singlepic ngg-left" src="http://ifishct.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/random-photos/montauk-monster-like-creature.jpg" alt="montauk-monster-like-creature.jpg" width="545" height="491" /></a></div>
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<p>With this photo being &#8220;released&#8221; 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&#8230; 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.</p>
<p><strong>Here is a short video from youtube that aired on CNN earlier this week:</strong></p>
<p>[youtube:hFp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp4K3ZFfi5A 300 250]</p>
<p>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!</p>
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