Comments on: Cryptid Washes Ashore At Montauk

By: ghostclone

ghostclone — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:17:50 +0000

This “monster” was part of a Monsterquest Episode a few weeks ago and is believed to be a Dog.

By: Sordes

Sordes — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:29:29 +0000

Just for comparison some skull photos:
1) American badger (would also explain the long front claws);

2) Racoon; and

3) Pitbull Skull (note the high front not seen in the carcass).

By: kwduhon

kwduhon — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:08:13 +0000

Strange how no one made mention of the restraint cord around the thing front legs or claws; if it’s a hoax then they have covered all bases but if it’s real then it escaped from somwhere; what was the name of the nearest island again? Don’t they do animal testing? That is a pretty thick cord.

By: bobg0038

bobg0038 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:05:49 +0000

By the looks of the claws it looks like a tree sloth of some kind thats been in the water a while. The fur has come off ans the flesh on the snout has rotted away.

By: navarro77

navarro77 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:38:28 +0000

Why is there only one photo of this thing?! If it washed ashore and was dead why in the world didn’t someone take a lot of pictures of it to see if someone could indentify it…..seems a little fishy to me?!

By: irish

irish — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:51:28 +0000

100% certain: Domestic Canine

Note the tuft of hair beneath the neck. The skin discoloration/appearance is consistent with the corpse having been water-borne, with slight marine preditation, and then deposited on the beach and exposed to sunlight.

The only other option would be my mother-in-law, and I just got off the phone with her………dammit.

By: Sordes

Sordes — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:04:08 +0000

I still think a badger would be a good candidate. They are thicksat and with a stocky hindquater, and their forelegs are comparably long.

By: charlie23

charlie23 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:19:35 +0000

Enlarged and adjusted in photoshop, there is clearly a tail. As mentioned, the front paws are tied together with a strip of cloth and the “beak” is a protruding maxilla. Also the white area near the top of the head is an ear that appears to have been cut near the base. There is a collar around the neck which appears to have been - badly - photoshopped out where it would be most evident: the buckle is still visible under the jaw. The body has probably been in the water long enough for the hair to slough off, but it’s pretty obviously a dog carcass.

By: Spinach Village

Spinach Village — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:39:52 +0000

http://www.newsday.com/ny-lijoye0731,0,5442174.column

supposedly the body is currently rotting in somebodies backyard

By: Lightning Orb

Lightning Orb — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:37:11 +0000

Slightly reminiscent of the naked mole rat … At least as ugly