Comments on: Hobgoblin At Hobbs Point

By: billiamomo

billiamomo — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:36:03 +0000

I found a link to "Quatermass and the pit" online if anyone's interested, here.

By: billiamomo

billiamomo — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:28:39 +0000

Very cool. I suppose it could have a logical explaination, but I always want to hope that it doesn’t. That it will be something new =)

By: Gwilym

Gwilym — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:08:17 +0000

I am heading down to Pembroke this weekend to investigate for the CFZ the potential connections between the “manatee” and a sea serpent seen on more or less the same spot in March 2003. Even more intriguing is an odd “merman” creature which was seen nearby in 1782 that was described in great detail at the time. It will probably turn out to be a seal but should be interesting anyway.

By: Maven

Maven — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:46:00 +0000

As far as I’m aware, manatees do NOT leave the water like seals. Perhaps she saw an out of place elephant seal or walrus?

By: corrick

corrick — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:27:33 +0000

I agree with Drew S. about the scientist interviewed. Must have tenure. What an idiot. Given the location, my best guess is a grey seal but a harbor seal fits. Less likely would be a female hooded seal. No big mystery here.
Chris Orrick

By: ConsentRevoked

ConsentRevoked — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:19:36 +0000

i’m sure the coconuts were actually brought over by European Swallows. or is it African Swallows? or did the coconuts merely migrate?
so am i to assume that the top photo is a pot-bellied pig? (i’m doing a lot of assuming these days) what a hideous face. do they get as big as small cows? i’m off to find clips of swimming pigs…

By: Lightning Orb

Lightning Orb — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:53:10 +0000

Really fat bulldog?

By: Bob K.

Bob K. — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 04:17:33 +0000

“It then pulled itself onto the slipway and seemed to be foraging for something.”
If I understand correctly what the witness said, the creature actually got out of the water, puttered around for a bit, then returned to the water, not to re-emerge.
Do manatees come out of the water and onto land? I was under the impression that they didn’t. And this certainly doesn’t seem to be typical behavior for a pot bellied pig, though I have seen nature documentaries showing wild pigs swimming.
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about these two creatures can confirm/correct my current understanding. Thanks.

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:47:48 +0000

Somebody show her pictures of manatees, and see if that is what she might have seen…of course she also refers to it “pulling itself” which implies it did not have legs, to me…but then she says it “sauntered” into the water…so who knows….

I do know what movie you are referring to, and actually it goes by both titles…Five Million Years to Earth is the American release title…it IS a pretty good movie!

By: Rogutaan

Rogutaan — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:43:52 +0000

Hmm, the article states she thought it was something plastic with green algae. Do manatees usually have green algae growing on them? I know turtles can have it on their shells, but shells are more bone then blubber/flesh.

It is possible that the manatee was carried here on the Gulf Stream currents. “We do after all get tropical sea beans and the occasional coconut washed up.

After reading the comments on the moose in New Zealand (ie. a Moose once bit my sister), I couldn’t help but laugh at the mention of coconuts.