Another strange beast, similar to the famed Montauk Monster, washed up on a Long Island beach. This latest slimy, horny nosed creature was discovered by a Southold couple the night of May 6th in Founders Landing Park according to blogger Nicky Papers. ANIMAL is on the story with the hopes of dispelling the myth, but for now an exclusive dead monster gallery below.
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There’s not many similarities between New York and Texas, except maybe when it comes to disease labs used to study pathogens that could wipe out the human race. Like the virus farm on Plum Island, the Lone Star State will soon boast a fully operational, dangerous bio lab on a vulnerable barrier island close to mainland populations too. Located in hurricane prone Galveston, which seems like the last place you’d want one of these, the facilities at the University of Texas will be housed in a new $174 million dollar building that Dr. James LeDuc claims is indestructible, “The entire island can wash away and this is still going to be here.” Somehow that doesn’t sound too scientific. |NYT|
Long before anyone heard of the Montauk Monster or even its Rocky Point and Ocean Beach cousins, the Russians came across a washed up beast all their own back in 2006. The long snouted, dinosaur-looking creature was found by soldiers on the eastern most part of Russia on the Sakhalin shoreline near Japan. Like the monsters that came after it, this thing wasn’t ready identifiable either, but was supposedly scooped by “Russian special services for in-depth studies.” And just today, the spiny behemoth was resuscitated and dubbed the Moscow Monster for the interwebs to enjoy all over again! Click below for the tribute gallery.
The summer has come to an end, but the mystery surrounding the Montauk Monster continues to build, mostly because new beasts are still washing up. Last month, a unidentifiable carcass was found on Rocky Point and now there’s word of another corpse spotted at Ocean Beach Park in New London, Connecticut. It was found by a family strolling along the beach and like its predecessor, had a “pointed, turtlelike snout,” but unlike the backwater residents of Montauk, the Clapsadles notified experts who agreed to take look at the photos. An official from the Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration claimed it had to be a raccoon, there’s no other explanation:
New Rocky Point Monster that washed up. (Photos: Jennifer Vorraro)
Although the case of the Montauk Monster still hasn’t been solved, a new creature has washed up on the North Shore of Long Island in Rocky Point. Like its counterpart found to the south, the carcass wasn’t readily identifiable from photos and not so surprisingly is now also missing. However, according to locals in Montauk, there is no mystery as to who has the ‘Monster’ it’s more of a question of when will it be unveiled. ANIMAL caught up with Colin Davis (he’s the kid that appeared in this video on CNN showing the bones to Jeanne Moos) on Main Street two weeks ago and he said outright that his uncle Paul Davis has it. Davis is a burly, longtime Montauk local, surfer, and all around tough guy who dragged the carcass out of fellow, artsier resident Noelle Arikian’s yard.
“A debilitating shell disease affecting lobsters from Long Island Sound to Maine may be caused by environmental alkyphenols, formed primarily by the breakdown of hard transparent plastics,” according to scientist Hands Laufer. With this weakening of the shell, lobsters become more prone to “microbial invasions.” This isn’t the first time Laufer has witnessed the lobsters in peril. Back in 1999, he was studying the crustaceans that were dying off in record numbers. From the mid-1990s on, there was a marked increase. This was around the same time that the ominous Plum Island infectious disease lab was dumping all sorts of shit into the Long Island Sound and subsequently fined as reported by the New York Times:
Time for some not so surprising news. After telling ANIMAL that he touched the intestines of the alleged Bigfoot carcass and then lying to the world at a recent press conference, mythical beast hunter Tom Biscardi is now claiming that the corpse ain’t real. But instead of admitting he’s part of the lunatic fringe, Biscardi is actually claiming he’s the victim of fraud. He reportedly paid the redneck discoverers a good faith payment for the “marketing and promotion” of the body. However after the body began to thaw it became apparent that it was just a costume and mixed animal parts. Eventually Matthew Whitton and Ricky Dyer admitted their phoniness. Biscardi—who’s been involved with previous hoaxes—isn’t happy being lied to and has a statement on his website: “At this time the victim of this series of deceptions, Searching for Bigfoot, Inc., is seeking justice for themselves and for all the people who were deceived by this deception.” And just like that, Biscardi’s already disgraced career just got a little more disgraceful.
Despite personal assurances when reached by phone last night, Bigfoot hunter Tom Biscali failed to produce any verifiable or solid evidence authenticating the so called Georgian Bigfoot. The general online consensus is that the whole thing is devolving into a steaming pile of bullshit. According to the AP, Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer, the rednecks who found the alleged corpse, have now changed their story three times and counting. Although they had the attention of the world press, no body was produced, the handpicked scientists chosen to perform the upcoming autopsy weren’t present, the so called DNA evidence proved inconclusive, and the skeptics have just became a lot more skeptical. And don’t expect any help from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Reserve either, it’s not a priority for them, especially since nonexistent creatures aren’t protected. “It’s not an endangered species on any list that we’ve got,” explained spokesman Tom Mackenzie. Yet, despite the increasing doubts, the trio still confidently promised that more information is forthcoming and they did—at the very least—hand out two new photos: one close up of the mouth (image right) and another of a living specimen (or a tree) in the woods after the jump.
“Plum Island, Restricted” reads the oversized letters emblazoned into the ground and visible from the air. Welcome to the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. With all the talk of the Montauk Monster and other recent cryptozoological phenomena, one of the unintended effects of the media’s saturation has been an increased spotlight on the the government’s clandestine research facility. Located about 2.5 miles off of Orient Point and approximately 120 miles from NYC, it is referred to as Long Island’s Area 51. The lab’s official business is keeping the country’s livestock from dangerous diseases, but has been accused of simultaneously working on bio-weapon research that could wipe out an enemy’s food supply for the past few decades. But even before Plum Island was taken over by Homeland security in 2003, it has been steeped in controversy.
“Last weekend, I touched it, I measured its feet, I felt its intestines,” said Tom Biscardi by telephone late last night. He’s the self-professed Bigfoot hunter discussing his recent visit to inspect a well preserved carcass thought to be the cryptic beast. Today at 12pm California time, he joins Mathew Whitton and Rick Dyer, the two gentlemen laying claim to the gorilla-like creature found in Georgia, to present some more evidence of their discovery. Biscardi explained that the body has been preserved for the past two months in an ice chest, but that didn’t stop it from smelling really bad. “One of the guys kept puking” from the stink according to the Bigfoot enthusiast who described the experience as “euphoric.” UPDATE: Still no real evidence.
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