Bizarre 'Monster' Washes Up On L.I. Shore

[madeline_con]

NEW YORK -- Is it real or just a legend? That's what many are asking after the corpse of a bizarre-looking creature with a dinosaur beak washed up on a Long Island shore this week.

A tipster told Gawker.com that there is "a government animal testing facility very close by" where the creature washed ashore, but government biologists contacted by Hamptons-based Web site Plum said after looking at the pictures that "no such creature exists," according to Gawker.

http://www.wnbc.com/news/17047883/detail.html#

Sorry if this is a dupe.

[tblue]

1. D*ck Ch*ney?

[chill_wind]

3. Yeah, where has old Snarl been these days (weeks, months).....again?

:-)

[Happyhippychick]

2. Ugh. Pictures of Rush LImbaugh at the beach - please post a warning next time.

[Lost-in-FL]

4. EL CHUPACABRAS!!!

Run for your LIFE!!!! :scared: :yoiks:

[chill_wind]

5. Oh wow....that IS homely!! n/t

[babylonsister]

6. Here's the pic...

[BrklynLiberal]

7. Sadly, it looks like it was some sort of helpless mammal that someone threw in the ocean....

[madeline_con]

9. Thanks, I was too lazy to post it.

I saved the bigger version for my desktop, tho. It's freaky. Maybe a chupacabra?

[Resuscitated Ethics]

8. nutria?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutria

They get to 20 lb and the water bloat/sand on face obscures detail.

or maybe a bigfoot fetus?

[OwnedByFerrets]

10. It doesnt appear to be PS'd.

I would love to hear "the rest of the story" on this one.

[MGKrebs]

11. This isn't a rickroll is it?

OK, I clicked.
That's what gargoyles are meant to look like.

[kestrel91316]

12. I looked really close at the photo and my assessment is:

dead dog that has been in water just long enough for the superficial layer of skin with fur to "slip", so it's bald and the skin is really thin. You can see some residual fur/epidermis adhering to the right front leg.

The lower jaw looks extremely dog-like. The upper jaw has a beak, which IMHO is photoshopped. I think the whole upper face including eyes might be photoshopped. Beaks don't grow on dogs.

[demobabe]

13. It's John McCain's bastard child with the Lock Ness Monster

You can tell by the inflated jowls and ugly teeth :D

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

14. I Say It's A Turtle That Lost Its Shell.

Course, I have no idea what a shell-less turtle looks like, but that's what I'm goin with anyway.

[shraby]

15. If you look at the inside of a turtle shell, you'll

see the backbone of the turtle..it's part of the turtle's skeleton, so this isn't a turtle.

[xchrom]

16. that's what i thought -- but i didn't think the fins looked right. nt