What in the wide world of sports is that thing??

[BlackArcher101]

I guess raccoon is plausible. Explains the fur on the underside and the hole in the front of the skull.

[Prototype]

All I know from that 2nd picture is that it's male... Don't ask.

[WindomURL]

Originally Posted by Prototype

All I know from that 2nd picture is that it's male... Don't ask.

Reminds you of someone?

[Prototype]

nm... probably in worse taste.

[BlackArcher101]

Originally Posted by Prototype

nm... probably in worse taste.

Now I'm curious... where were you going to go with this?

[Dion]

[Prototype]

Gold Dion, GOLD!

[Coach]

hmm at first I though it was a messed up turtle, but from the second picture id say dog....a really really messed up dog

[REDVAN]

The second photo doesn't look real to me.

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

I guess raccoon is plausible.

Originally Posted by MattyC

from the second picture id say dog....a really really messed up dog

Mystery solved!

[getbak]

Originally Posted by REDVAN

The second photo doesn't look real to me.

I was thinking the same thing. It looks like it's CGI in some way, too shiny.

[Fozzie_DeBear]

Until the remains are analyzed by an expert I say hoax...like the ole fiji mermaid

[Canada 02]

there is no way it's a turtle/tortoise; clearly a mammal; you can see fur on its neck and tail

what is being called a beak is clearly a decomposed nose, upper and lower jaw and canine teeth

its a dog

[NuclearFart]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

what is being called a beak is clearly a decomposed nose, upper and lower jaw and canine teeth

its a dog

WINNAR!

[getbak]

Here's a follow-up from Fox News (who seem a little bitter that CNN got the scoop on them): http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,396182,00.html

According to that, the women who supposedly found this thing brought it to a friend's house where it decomposed. WTF? If I found a creepy dead creature on the beach, I can't imagine picking it up and bringing it home. I think I'd call the police and try to get in touch with some sort of animal control department and let them figure it out.

If they're being honest about this, I hope they contract some horrible disease from handling a decomposing animal of unknown origins. I don't think we need people that stupid taking up space on the planet.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

Pretty clearly looks like a turtle/tortoise without shell. The head and mouth match perfectly.

Pretty much my conclusion too. I can certainly understand why some people would be disturbed though. Naked turtles are a bit of a rarity!

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by BlackArcher101

Turtles have tails too. Not all turtles will have wide flippers either, some are closer to limbs if they spend time on land. If it's not a turtle, how do you account for the entire head? It's a turtle head.

Yeah, the limbs don't bother me. The neck bothers me. I believe, and I have no reason to think that my belief is the truth, a turtle's neck would be thinner. Of course, the bloating could account for that. Or maybe it's a big necked tortoise. Maybe it was on steroids.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by WindomURL

'Montauk Monster' Mystery Gets More Mysterious

Here's another pic from a different angle

It's a boy! From that angle it looks like a pig.

[Machiavelli]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

there is no way it's a turtle/tortoise; clearly a mammal; you can see fur on its neck and tail

what is being called a beak is clearly a decomposed nose, upper and lower jaw and canine teeth

its a dog

Agreed.

It's the fur, people.

No way in heck does a reptile have fur.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Machiavelli

Agreed.

It's the fur, people.

No way in heck does a reptile have fur.

I didn't see the fur, still don't actually, in the original pciture. I was a biology major at one point, I'm pretty sure that would've told me not a turtle.