This is a Plum TV video of the girls who photographed the "Montauk Monster," the corpse of indeterminate species that washed ashore in the posh Hamptons. The ladies are clearly gunning for a movie of the week, or at least their very own Cardiff Giant. Gawker has been keeping up a breathless commentary from the start. So, assuming it's a real beast, what do you think it is: racoon, dog, cat, or chupacabra? Here's the photo:
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Ada forensics haven't been administered to the corpse at this late date?
JefFlyingV at 5:22PM on Aug 6th 2008
2.
Looks like a Great Dane in an uncomfortable repose.
JefFlyingV at 5:27PM on Aug 6th 2008
3. i really dont care what is or if it is real. so many bogus things like "UFOs" that this stuff bores me.
63Nova at 5:28PM on Aug 6th 2008
4. from just that it looks like a corrupt dog corpse with the snout partially broken off. All dogs have some webbing between their toes, and it varies. just a guess, though from the photo.
Clif Kuplen at 5:27PM on Aug 6th 2008
5. It's JIMMY HOFFA washed up after all these years!
U R KiddinMee at 6:12PM on Aug 6th 2008
6. I say cat. But I agree with JetFlyingV, why haven't forensic veterinarians classified it?
Matt at 6:19PM on Aug 6th 2008
7. I think it's a turtle without it's shell. Look at the head and mouth, webbed feet and tail. Print out the pic and draw a shell on it...please. It looks so naked.
Josiejo at 7:29PM on Aug 6th 2008
8. I think a killer whale bit a sea turtle, cracking and ripping off it's shell, which killed it but the whale was moving too fast to go back for the "meat that got away".
Janie at 8:04PM on Aug 6th 2008
9. It's a raccoon.
http://www.animachina.com/images/whatisit/montauk_monster_racoon.jpg
Nothing to see here, folks.
K at 11:03AM on Aug 7th 2008
10. (Also, the reason no scientist has looked into it is because there are only pictures and the body was supposedly taken by a beachgoer and no one knows where it is, according to witnesses. Either way, it's a raccoon. The ocean makes things look weird and bloated. This story got its 15 minutes.)
K at 11:08AM on Aug 7th 2008