Seriously...WTF IS THIS THING???

[LinkandKvel]

I'm sure some of you nerds will find the answer
Article: http://news.aol.com/weird-news/article/just-what-is-the-montauk-monster/114144?icid=100214839x1207006733x1200370486

http://o.aolcdn.com/dims-photohub/dims/NEWS/1/408/272/60/http://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/5/6/566559/1217605358740.JPEG

Looks like a eagle that was cooked instantly by a fucking concentrated laser...WTF?!

[n00b1n8R]

It's clearly an aborted monkey foetus.

[Jelly]

Half chicken, half pig, with an eagle's head.

[LlamaMaster]

Manbearpig.

[Terry]

Just looks like a skinned bird to me, however the fleshy appearance of the legs makes me feel doubtful. I don't see this being anything out of the ordinary though.

[klange]

The most reasonable explanation I've heard is a water rat.

[ima_from_America]

Looks like a prairie dog with with parts of a hawk sewn onto it.

[Flyboy]

http://wwwstu.tcu.edu/mobrowning/10303/images/photoshop_logo.jpg

[ultama121]

Looks like an imp or demon./Doominfluence

[Heathen]

It is indeed a bird. Its fleshlike appearance is because of the dusty area. Look at th face.

[Heathen]

I believe in birds.

[Monopoly]

I think it's a body, not sure though.

[ICEE]

looks like a dead turtle without a shell

[Zeph]

And where are the other pictures? Seriously, if you saw this thing on a beach with a camera in your hand, wouldn't you take a billion pictures of it?

edit: Hell, it's probably a viral marketing attempt for something.

[Monopoly]

And where are the other pictures? Seriously, if you saw this thing on a beach with a camera in your hand, wouldn't you take a billion pictures of it?

I'd take pictures of me poking it with a stick :poke:

[JDMFSeanP]

There are a lot more pics of it if you look around.

[Con]

Looks like a dead bird that's bloated and lost it's feathers in the ocean.

[legionaire45]

I don't think it's a bird, look at the bottom jaw. It has canine/cat-type teeth. It can't be a turtle without a shell because a turtle's spine is integrated into the shell and without the shell it would be a lot bloodier to say the least.
My thoughts?
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa144/Primate_bucket/I_Want_To_Believe.jpg

[DaneO'Roo]

whoever said dead turtle is correct.

[Disaster]

I don't think it's a bird, look at the bottom jaw. It has canine/cat-type teeth. It can't be a turtle without a shell because a turtle's spine is integrated into the shell and without the shell it would be a lot bloodier to say the least.
My thoughts?
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa144/Primate_bucket/I_Want_To_Believe.jpg
I already do believe :tinfoil:

[Choking Victim]

whoever said dead turtle is correct.
There's fur or feathers around its neck. Unless there's some Australian hairy turtle species i've never heard of, then i doubt it's a turtle. :p

[adumass]

I'm betting its a dog..

[JunkfoodMan]

It's a dead washed-up water rat.

[king_nothing_]

And where are the other pictures? Seriously, if you saw this thing on a beach with a camera in your hand, wouldn't you take a billion pictures of it?

edit: Hell, it's probably a viral marketing attempt for something.
QFT. It's also pretty funny how, for some unknown reason, it's not being scientifically studied to determine what it is. Several people see a freak of nature like that lying on the beach and not one of them makes a call to a wildlife/scientific/etc. department to go out there and look at it?

If it is real, the most reasonable explanation seems to me to be that it's a raccoon whose fur and nasal cartilage rotted away. Do a Google image search for raccoon skulls and look at the similarities.

Also, @ the people who think it's a bird: wtf, lol?

[ICEE]

its obviously not a bird. Birds have very thin, bony legs. this one has meatier dog-like legs. I'm going to go with dog or turtle.

[LinkandKvel]

You guys should all know of ANYTHING it's definitely NOT a turtle.

[JunkfoodMan]

It's a dead washed-up water rat.

http://gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2008/08/monster2.jpeg

Taken from the topic on HM

[ICEE]

the front leg/flipper things are what make me think it could be a turtle. However im leaning toward dog now, King nothing had a point when he said that the cartilage could have rotted away, and that would explain the lack of ears too.


E: posted before the water rat evidence

E:E: More pics in the spoiler
they're considerably grosser than the first one
http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2008-07/41359272.jpg http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2008-07/41359264.jpg
http://www.newsday.com/media/photo/2008-07/41359261.jpg

[king_nothing_]

Here's a page that has some more pics of it: http://amnesiablog.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/montauk-monster-pictures-real-or-viral-hoax/

Those pics confirm that it doesn't have a "beak" like it sort of looks like in the first picture. Looks a lot more like dog in those pics. Maybe a pit bull.

[The_Wraith]

Umm..yeah that first picture really is deceiving.

http://amnesiablog.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/image-thumb9.png?w=491&h=331

It's definitely a dog body. Obviously one that's severely waterlogged and slightly decomposed.

[Zeph]

There are a lot more pics of it if you look around.

at the time a google search of Montauk Monster showed nothing of relevance

[HDoan]

Its a teenaged mutant ninja turtle!

[LinkandKvel]

I fail too see it the same as the dog. It's body is laying differently...It's head had to be like moved or sumthin....and if it is the dog, who leaves it there long enough to rot?

[The_Wraith]

I fail too see it the same as the dog. It's body is laying differently...It's head had to be like moved or sumthin....and if it is the dog, who leaves it there long enough to rot?It's all blue, so it was in the water. Could have drowned off someone's boat or drown in a river and got sent into the ocean and washed up. Who knows?

[ExAm]

looks like a dead turtle without a shellturtles' shells are fused with their skin, as well as being part of their spine. That would be impossible.

[FluffyDucky™]

Wow wtf, I only bothered looking at this then. That is some really fucked up shit right there. Some freaky mutation, some stupid fuck of a dog must have had sex with some other random animal and then some other random animal was like hey I wanna stick it there two! So they like 3 way bread at the same time and made this. Tada, half of the mystery is solved!

[ICEE]

turtles' shells are fused with their skin, as well as being part of their spine. That would be impossible.
The new pics make it look much more like a dog anyways.



I fail too see it the same as the dog. It's body is laying differently...It's head had to be like moved or sumthin....and if it is the dog, who leaves it there long enough to rot?
I think they just flipped it over. If you were alone on a beach with a dead rotting... something and a stick, tell me you would not poke and flip and prod the hell out of that thing.

[LinkandKvel]

The new pics make it look much more like a dog anyways.



I think they just flipped it over. If you were alone on a beach with a dead rotting... something and a stick, tell me you would not poke and flip and prod the hell out of that thing.

I would not. I hate remotely touching dead shit.....

EDIT:
???
http://www.animachina.com/images/whatisit/montauk_monster_is_raccoon.jpg
???

[ultama121]

Hmm...

[king_nothing_]

Ah yeah, I almost forgot about the paws. They don't look like dog paws, they look like raccoon paws. I should have stuck with my first guess. I think it's a raccoon.

[The_Wraith]

Looks like dog paws to me...

http://www.softpaws.net/images/dog_paw.jpg

[ICEE]

I would not. I hate remotely touching dead shit.....


We are two very different people. Anyways, yes, I think I can agree that it is a raccoon now.

[king_nothing_]

Looks like dog paws to me...
I disagree. A raccoon's toes (and whole paws in general) are thinner and longer than a dog's. Look at the closeup of the paws in the picture Link posted. They look a lot more like this than they do dog paws:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2255/2512013560_0951402ec9.jpg

[ICEE]

It also has more toes than a dog

[ExAm]

It also has more toes than a dogDogs have a fifth toe on the back of their leg in a completely useless spot - it's an evolutionary leftover called a dewclaw.

[king_nothing_]

Well, raccoons have more real toes than a dog, if you know what I mean. I was going to mention it like iron did but some of the toes are buried in the sand in the picture so you can't really tell.

[Heathen]

Neither Racoons, nor dogs have beaks.

[The_Wraith]

It's not a beak. The top jaw lost it's teeth.

[Heathen]

It has a poultry-esque body...

[The_Wraith]

Most of the fur came off and it clearly has some tufts around the neck left. We've established that is definitely IS NOT a bird at this point.

Dog or Raccoon seem to be the prime answers.

[Heathen]

I know what it is....

dead.




Though your probably right. Now that you said that it does seem it.