# IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA!!! With newslink & photos. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407 "2008-07-31T20:43:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/1 "2008-07-31T20:43:35Z")
Well then, we have another sea monster washed ashore. Small, but otherwise a dilly! > **[Newsday | Long Island's & NYC's News Source](https://www.newsday.com)** > > Breaking News, data & opinions in business, sports, entertainment, travel, lifestyle, plus much more. Newsday.com is the leading news source for Long Island & NYC. ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/2 "2008-07-31T21:08:10Z")
That’s, um, strange. I’m almost positive it’s a hoax, but it’d be cool if it was something new! ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/3 "2008-07-31T21:08:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Something real? Something imagined? Without the body, no body can say. > > And where’s the Montauk Monster now? > > Hewitt said she knows. > > “A guy took it and put it in the woods in his backyard; he has a big backyard,” she said. “The thing is rotting there.” > > But she wouldn’t say who; wouldn’t say where. > > No matter. Well, of course you’d want to protect the identity of your monster storage yard owner. That’s only common sense. Montauk: Land of Chowderheads. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/4 "2008-07-31T21:23:25Z")
Jeff Corwin says he thinks it’s just a decomposing 'coon. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/5 "2008-07-31T22:30:24Z")
It’s Cloverfield!!! Huh, I was sure Dopers would be all over this one. I think it looks like a mutant, shell-less turtle. Or some sort of viral marketing. Whatever it is, it’s keeping me up at night. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/6 "2008-07-31T22:35:15Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] Jeff Corwin says he thinks it’s just a decomposing 'coon. [/QUOTE] Worst post/location combination ever. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/7 "2008-08-01T01:22:13Z")
I think it’s the mythical Pagenotfound. ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/8 "2008-08-01T02:20:50Z")
Maybe its just an update of the “Fee-jee Mermaid”. P.T. Barnum and Robert Ripley would have a good laugh over this one! ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/9 "2008-08-01T03:56:32Z")
I don’t think it could be a turtle. The head looks a little like a turtle head, but aren’t turtle shells a part of a turtle’s body? Then again maybe it’s a koopa troopa. Mario is on the loose! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/10 "2008-08-01T04:01:57Z")
It’s Manbearpig! I’m serial! ---
**Author:** ![Toaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toaster)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/11 "2008-08-01T04:05:32Z")
Yeah, turtle shells are the spines/ribs of the creature, so you can’t ‘deshell’ it without massive bodily trauma. I keep seeing references to some “Venom” energy drink that has some CAPTURE THE BEAST ad campaign now with lots of Pithy Quotes. Maybe it’s a viral ad for this “Venom.” ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/12 "2008-08-01T05:21:14Z")
[QUOTE=Cat Fight] It’s Cloverfield!!! [/QUOTE] [del]Sadly,[/del] Cloverfield is much, much bigger. Also… pointier. Assuming that creature is real, that is some piss-poor evolution at work. Why does it need elbow joints and four legs for balance if it’s water-based? ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/13 "2008-08-01T07:57:53Z")
Link doesn’t work for me ☹ I want to see the sea monster, too! ---
**Author:** ![Toaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toaster)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/14 "2008-08-01T09:24:33Z")
[This](http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2008/07/31/sea-monster-washes-up-on-gawker.aspx) should work, with a bigger picture too…although the original link works for me as well. Googling ‘montauk’ will get you countless things, too, if this one goes awry. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/15 "2008-08-01T13:35:53Z")
That is so fake. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/16 "2008-08-01T13:43:43Z")
Hmm… I’m going to guess fetal capybara! The “beak” is just snout bone. Yeah, that’s it. And it’s poppa was a platypus! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/17 "2008-08-01T14:27:50Z")
When I first saw the body I thought it was a dog. Then I saw the head, which looks like a hawksbill turtle, then I thought “that’s not real”. It’s either a photoshop and all the “witnesses” are in on it or it was something along the lines of the Martian Monkey and the body had to be taken away so no one could examine it closely. In this day and age, who finds a body of a weird creature and then takes it home and buries it? Most people would be calling news crews, Regis, The View, Extra, Katie Couric and whomever else they could get hold of in order to get on TV for a few minutes. They’d also have T-shirts made up by the next day. The National Post article linked above gives credence to the viral marketing idea since Venom energy drinks have already jumped on it. Let’s go dig up all the back yards in Montauk and prove it’s a fake! ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/18 "2008-08-01T15:42:38Z")
[QUOTE=Swallowed My Cellphone] Hmm… I’m going to guess fetal capybara! The “beak” is just snout bone. Yeah, that’s it. And it’s poppa was a platypus! [/QUOTE] I agree it’s either a capybara (carpincho is how we call them in my home country) or other large rodent. The “beak” is simply the front teeth, [look over here](http://www.skullsunlimited.com/hydrochaeridae.htm), it’s just that we are not used to what the skull of a rodent looks like under the fluffy furry exterior. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/19 "2008-08-01T16:06:42Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] I agree it’s either a capybara (carpincho is how we call them in my home country) or other large rodent. The “beak” is simply the front teeth, [look over here](http://www.skullsunlimited.com/hydrochaeridae.htm), it’s just that we are not used to what the skull of a rodent looks like under the fluffy furry exterior. [/QUOTE] Yes, I’ve seen a squirrel skull or two in my time which is why I thought the “beak” looked more like the bones of a rodent snout. There’s also no real sense of scale in that picture, so it could be some hairless mouse thing bred for science experiments. But assuming it’s roughly dog sized, I’d say it’s an ass-naked capybara. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2008, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407/20 "2008-08-01T16:08:39Z")
Looks to me like the decomposing carcass of a little blunt-nosed dog, like some sort of pug mix, unfortunately. The prognathism of the skull looks too blunt for a raccoon or some sort of large rodent. You can see canine teeth, as well. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-came-from-beneath-the-sea-with-newslink-photos/458407.md?page=2)