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Washed up in Montauk, NY, "Monster"? Mystery Solved by NowPublic members 
What Washed up on the beach Montauk, NY? Help Solve this Mystery!
NowPublic Readers are speculating like the rest of the county, moonwolf, said it is the "dreaded Photoshopasaurus!" alluding that it is a photoshop stunt, Our favorite UFO investigator, Vinny, who once worked at Area 51 but now lives at secret location near Nottingham. said, "I have no idea what it is, but I want one!". zichi, wondered, "Could it be a loggerhead sea turtle without its shell?"or " a deformed horse birth, it must be a Damien Hirst or a nutria or racoon". tiha zaman, "Incredible- hmm...but why is there only one picture taken? Logically if that thing is "real", wouldn't you take pictures until your fingers cramp? Is it a donkey with a eagle's head? Lol", And so the quest for indentification goes one.
Montauk Monster Mania!
Excitement over the Montauk Monster has reached a fever pitch! He was on CNN. New photos have emerged (that make it clear he's a he), as well as several people who claim to have the remains. But still, no one has definitively identified the beast. On the Internet and elsewhere, theories abound: Is it a Plum Island experiment gone wrong? An alien? A very fat raccoon, or a poor, poor puppy? Or part of a race of creatures who are slowly but surely taking over East Hampton? Below, your roundup of the latest monster news.
• Three women who claim to have taken the original photo were interviewed by Plum TV. For the record, Alanna Nevitksi, is the woman who sent the original photo to Gawker. on Tuesday and whom we spoke to the other day, Her friend, the photographer, has still not spoken to the press.
• Wolf Blitzer was forced to report on the monster. CNN also dispatched a depressed-looking reporter to Montauk to interview a couple frat boys who claim to have the decomposing corpse
• Most disturbing, Newsday has a less-decomposed picture of the creature that really looks like a dog, specifically a pit bull
Fortunately, they make up for their sick reality check by giving us an alternate theory. According to locals, the Montauk Monster is not a anomaly. It is part of a race of monsters who have been recently cropping up in the area.
Update: The wild speculation is over, "BINGO! a Racoon!!!"It appears that NowPublics expert on everything, Zichi,, who is persistent enough to work all day, until he finds out the answer to a question. Says with photo examples, "Its a Racoon"
Wild speculation has been ignited on the internet over a weird looking animal that was photographed on the beach in Montauk. Jenna Hewitt snapped this photo of the thing in front of the Surfside restaurant .
Are Montauk Project or the Army's Nartick Labs responcible?
See also, Monster of Montauk by kate Her story ended up top page in Google and ended up with the most viewed story of the day with almost 15, 000 nearly 5,000 more then this story. Congrats Kate.
What on Earth Washed Up In Montauk?
No question about it. The creature found on July 13 on a Montauk beach, only a few miles west of where the government conducted the infamous Montauk Project time-travel experiments on children kidnapped from New York City streets, is definitely from outer space.
No? How about a turtle without a shell, or a pug given a burial at sea from a passing yacht.
Ever since Jenna Hewitt, Rachel Goldberg, and Courtney Fruin found the thing in front of the Surfside restaurant, the electronic clones of the creature have invaded computers — by way of Ms. Hewitt’s snapshot — until the Internet itself is threatened.
“This is an actual monster, some sort of rodent-like creature with a dinosaur beak . . . a government animal-testing facility is close by,” according to the Phantoms and Monsters Web site, which picked up the story from Gawker.com on Tuesday.
“. . . but unless the government is trying to design horrible Montauk Monsters that will eat I.E.D.s and fart fire at bad Iraqis, we’re not sure why they would create such an unthinkable beast,” a blogger for the Web site wrote. “Our guess is it’s viral marketing for something.”
“When plastic surgery goes wrong,” answered SuperConnie.
“I ate one of those things once. They don’t taste bad,” joked JacquesPaysan.
. Conspiracy theorists have long speculated on the so-called Montauk Project, alleged to be secret government projects for the purpose of developing psychological weapons. The photo has fueled postings that the "beast" is linked to the shuttered tests. Wildlife experts have been quoted on various sites with much less exciting theories of a dead animal like a dog or raccoon.
THE photograhed remains of a mysterious "creature" washed up on a Long Island beach near New York has led to a frenzy of online speculation. Hot on the heels of 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. Meanwhile, gawker.com, which helped break the story, has sought to explain the phenomenon as a viral marketing stunt for a new US TV cartoon series.
Politisite Bottom Line (opinion) - We think we know what it is. We will save our guess until the end of the day or someone else suggests it.
Update: The wild speculation is over, BINGO! a Racoon!!!
It appears that our expert on everything, Zichi, the one you hate to love, has come up with the answer. Oh how I hate for him to be right. I mean left. we could use a guy like that on our side, who is persistent enough to work all day, until he find out the answer to a question. So the award of NPee of the Day, goes to Zichi (unofficially of course as i have NO power to Crown him NPee of all) it is a Personal thank you to him for working so hard to bring this issue to resolution, as other news services are trying to keep this whole thing going. We are finished
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (27)
at 16:43 on August 1st, 2008
I say its a dog in the picture
at 17:24 on August 1st, 2008
It looks lyk a boar that probably died on some island and than washed up
at 20:10 on August 1st, 2008
i am nine yrs old and to me i love dogs but the point is me and my mom thinks it look like a pitbull dog. and also DO A DNA TEST!! IT ALWAYS ANSWERS THE PROBLEM
at 20:13 on August 1st, 2008
its a boar
at 08:34 on August 2nd, 2008
this pic looks like possibly a dog but other pics like a raccoon
at 15:43 on August 2nd, 2008
THIS LOOKS LIKE A RACOON BUT IT IS PROBABLY IS A MIX BETWEEN A BOAR AND A RACOON
at 18:18 on February 28th, 2009
Boars and raccoons can't "mix," or do you believe the government conspiracy theories?
at 18:47 on August 2nd, 2008
Brand New sang a song about the Montauk Beast and it kicked ass!!!!
at 13:06 on August 3rd, 2008
man it looks like Artus same colour and bodybuilding here in swamp village we have about 5 of these animals
at 16:04 on August 3rd, 2008
THIS LOOKS LIKE A TASMANIAN DEVIL WITHOUT ITS SKIN. THE DEVILS ARE DYING OFF WITH A CONTAGIOUS CANCER.
at 18:29 on August 3rd, 2008
its either a dog or a boar
at 20:53 on August 3rd, 2008
it looks like it's got a beak cause it's damn face has rotted off to the skull.i think it looks like a very bloatted and rotted raccoon.but you never know whats in the water around ny
at 23:02 on August 3rd, 2008
It's a dog alright. My friend had a dog that were killed by lynx in the forest during Hare hunt. The Lynx had bitten of the nose so you saw the teeth in similar way that on Jenna's picture. There's a couple of teeth gone in the upper jaw though that makes it harder to recognize. Also the fur is missing.
A pitbull dead in dogfight and thrown overboard is my guess.
at 09:09 on August 4th, 2008
Why do you want to believe in aliens so bad and not believe in the One who truly matters to your eternity - Jesus the Christ? Be very careful of your response.
at 10:52 on August 4th, 2008
that thing look like a pig mixed with a dog
at 21:29 on August 4th, 2008
its all fake it cant be real unless its a turtle
at 17:25 on August 5th, 2008
tazmanian devil is prob right. why does someone always have to bring up jesus?
at 18:20 on August 5th, 2008
its a dog
at 22:30 on August 5th, 2008
I've seen 2 different versions of the same picture. There is no way it is the same animal in both pics. The first pic I saw, the beast definiteltly had a beak. In the second pic, it is a completely different animal, even a completely different color. Hmmm. I just somehow know the US government will find a creative explanation for this, don't they always?
at 11:52 on March 12th, 2009
u r so right the goverment always covers up the truth. they just want us to believe its a dog and go on with our lives. that is no dog or boar!!!! ur crazy if u think so!!!
at 10:50 on August 10th, 2008
So THAT's what happened to my ex-husband.
at 11:55 on August 14th, 2008
Out of all the comments, yours was the funniest one. Two thumbs up...
at 11:44 on August 21st, 2008
the creature is an actual mutated animal that probably was mutated and escaped it adapted to the ocean as its own habitat and cientificly say he could have probably reproduced so if he is real and he reached his sexual maturity he could have reproduced and there could be more of them out there that are dieing for the rising of the ocean the pollution contaminated water his skin could have probably rotted off by the wrong chemicals that went into the ocean and could have possibly caused to his kind an skin cancer so you if you see fishes dyieng with no scles on their bodies that could have happened or he was just that way, come to think of it if he is a dinosaur remember dinosaurs lived for millions of years he could be a survivor , well the bible speaks that when the end of hte world is to come starnge creatures will be identified{not specifically said like that but that is what it means} you can find everything that is happening in this world today is writtend in the bible in revelation, if you do not accept jesus when his time come for you to leave ity will be to late and you will burn in the pits of everlasting fire which is hell repent i sday unto you the world is at iots end , would you rather suffer aall your life and then for eternity rest in peace on the right hand of god or so you rather the contrary and only God can give life a human cannot give life only the above sees and knowns everything we do repent i say unto you repent for the world is in it s last days
at 14:46 on August 21st, 2008
ITS A FREAKING GUINNIE HOG THAT HAS YET TO BE DISCOVERED. BUT I FOUND ONE AT THE BEACH IN CALIFORNIA AND I KICKED IT BACK INTO THE OCEAN
at 19:14 on December 28th, 2008
Are you people crazy. government creat what?
Yo, for real. This shit is an agent of the devil. it came from the underworld. Do you people believe that there is a USF planet under the sea? it's ture. this is where some of this white girls playing with there pussy on camera is coming from. all y'all need to be careful cus they want to suck your blood.
at 17:30 on January 4th, 2009
This is a result of bio-genetic engineering. It looks like they tried to cross a pig with a dog, and quite possibly used some human DNA as well. I do not believe it is a hoax. The government scientists love playing God. Remeber MK Ultra? Bunch of damn Luciferian twits!
at 04:36 on August 18th, 2009
this was confirmed to be a raccoon ages ago ..still looks freaky.
lol its lost its teeth that why it looks like it had a beak.