Any thoughts on what this "monster" is?

mommy2kag · Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:51 am

This was found on a beach in Montauk, NY. This is really gross looking. I have no idea what it is. Some say a turtle without it's shell, but it doesn't look like a turtle to me. Some say a decompossing raccoon or dog, but I don't see those either. Kind of freaky/scary looking. Any thoughts?

-Tracy- · Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:03 am

I think it looks like a sea turtle without it's shell. They have flipper like legs-and so does the thing in the picture.

nene · Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:04 am

I have no idea what a turtle looks like w/out its shell, but the "legs/feet" look wrong in the pic. Maybe its a wild boar.

ScrapGoo · Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:14 am

A lot of folks say it cannot be a sea turtle because turtles' shells are part of their skeletal system and attatched to their backs. If it were a turtle it would be much more gory. Also, if you look closely it has fur. My guess is a dog. The nose area is decomposed and isn't really a "beak". Nasty and sad, whatever it is.

-Tracy- · Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:19 am

Here's two pics of soft shell turtles. I think they kinda resemble whatever that is.

ArmyWife95 · Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:24 am

I have to agree with Tracy! It looks like a turtle w/o it's shell.

evilqueen · Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:46 am

I don't have any idea what that can be, but what I do know it is totally gross.

zanettac · Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:47 am

Yikes...thats creepy looking. Not sure what it is.

ScrapGoo · Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:03 am

Look at these pictures of it... NO WAY that is a turtle:

http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ ... otogallery

karibear · Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:08 am

Yikes! Looks like a mutant something or other.......scary whatever it is!!!

nene · Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:09 am

I hadn't seen those pics. That has to be a wild pig. No idea how it ended up on the beach though.

-Tracy- · Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:09 am

My gosh that doesn't even look like the same thing! Well I guess I'm with Jess then, it's some poor doggie.

suslvgeo · Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:46 am

I don't know what it is, but I feel sorry for it, looks like it had a painful death.

however, if it was alive those teeth would scare the beejeebess out of me!

milmomma · Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:51 am

those teeth make me think wild boar/wild pig. Being that the nose wouldve been soft tissue, it would've rotted first. Poor animal.

Jenn Kellams · Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:02 am

Holy bejeezers!! Is that real or an internet prank? That is crazy looking! I am thinking a wild pig also though. Def. not a turtle or dog! The teeth are crazy! If this is real you will have to keep us updated if they find out what it is!

DaisyLou · Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:16 pm

Very strange! Here is a video of an interview with the ladies who found it
Scroll down a bit...
http://hamptons.plumtv.com/blog/whats_g ... p_phantasy

ArmyWife95 · Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:31 pm

Sorry Jess, I had not seen the other angles of that creature. After watching that clip that DaisyLou linked us to, it is clear to me that it is something mutant-like, unless like Nene said and it's a wild boar.

Renee · Sat Aug 02, 2008 12:49 pm

Yikes! I'm skeered..
Poor thing...it looks like a boar to me. Weird how it ended up on a beach though.

zanettac · Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:03 pm

After seeing the other photos I think it looks like a wild boar also.

Flapdoodle · Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:50 pm

At first I thought it looked like a cat because of the lower jaw on the skull, and that perhaps the upper canine teeth are missing.

However, a male cat's penis is not visible like that or up that far on the abdomen, so it makes me think it's a dog of some sort.

Someone probably took their dog to the beach and he got in the water and was swept away and drowned.

That first pic looks like it was ps'd to me.

Just my guess....

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