Comments on: What Is This Mystery Fish?

By: dawgdoc

dawgdoc — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:26:04 +0000

I am intrigued by the suggestion that this could Parris Island, SC. In the background, there looks like there could be a tidal river immediately behind the shed and miles of marsh in the distance. This environment does have a distinctive appearance.

By: ksullivan

ksullivan — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:28:07 +0000

I don't think it's a fish. It's a reptile, some sort of sea turtle carcass. Badly mutilated by sharks or similar, all the fins and other soft parts have been chewed off. The size is right and the head is pretty distinctive. Here's a few similar pics I found on the web:

By: monsterhunter316

monsterhunter316 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:50:33 +0000

This again. Shark.

By: Kingswood

Kingswood — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:17:12 +0000

Even more strange, am I the only one to notice the Sasquatch shadow that appears on the shack right above the back end of the fish (which is most definitely a mutilated Tiger Shark)?

By: Darkhawk

Darkhawk — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:21:25 +0000

Said it before, I’ll say it again, this IS Parris Island, SC. Odds are this is a Tiger Shark.

By: glendoor42

glendoor42 — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:06:38 +0000

Also let me say that I believe the mystery fish is the best recurring pic on this site I always love it’s appearances

By: glendoor42

glendoor42 — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:01:45 +0000

” Looks like a tiger shark with its fins and jaws cut off.” well those are the parts that you make shark fin soup with or some people do anyway. I really looked close at the enhanced picture and it seems to me that the “mouth” looks cut or carved on.

By: scaryeyes

scaryeyes — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:00:32 +0000

It’s pretty clear the fins have been cut off, you can see the wound where this has happened. The mouth also looks mutilated. My strong suspicion is that most of the characteristics that make this fish look unusual are due to post-mortem mutilation, and that it would be a lot more recognisable otherwise.

By: Richard888

Richard888 — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:48:22 +0000

I like the parallel logic that the cryptid could be a salamander. People were usually asked to identify it by being asked the biased question “what kind of fish is it?”

By: rkn

rkn — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:01:19 +0000

Looks like a tiger shark with its fins and jaws cut off.