It looks like Long Island has got a creature of its very own. Locals spotted and photographed the dead - and as of yet unidentified - beast after it washed up on a Montauk beach July 12.
Alice Stockton-Rossini reports:
It's kinda brownish with a beak that resembles a lobster claw and has pointy white teeth. It's been dubbed the 'Montauk Monster.'
Jenna Hewitt, 26, and Rachel Goldberg, 29, both of Montauk told Newsday they were looking for a spot to sit on the beach when they saw 'The Monster.'
"We didn't know what it was," she said. "We joked that maybe it was something from Plum Island."
The thing is, nobody knows what it is yet, but the east end of Long Island has been buzzing with theories.
Some think it's a sea turtle without a shell, others say it could be a raccoon or perhaps a rodent. A few people even think it's some sort of evil demon.
William Wise, director of Stony Brook University's Living Marine Resources Institute took a look at the photo and told Newsday he thinks it's a fake.
"A talented someone got very creative with latex," Wise said.
Asked to take his best guess he said he thinks it could be a dog or coyote that was diseased and in the water too long.
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