it was a decomposing raccoon. Go google it.

It’s sad to say that I believe it’s not humanly made. Love the hype, and love that bringing in Jeff Corwin to offer his opinion had no effect whatsoever. Unfortunately, it’s probably some family’s pet thrust overboard in high seas. Humans don’t even look human after they’ve been deceased and submerged in water for countless days.

Didn’t M. Night get in trouble for this kind of shenanigan a few years ago? Some prime time special that said he had a dark secret, and it turned out to be more studio-inspired nonsense?

just looks like a turtle without the shell whats the big deal??

Unless you happen to have first-hand knowledge, Jacques, “decomposing raccoon” remains only one possible theory. There are many others that could also fit the bill, including some sort of weird viral marketing gimmick, as this article suggests. Feel free to google *that*, too.

Its a farce whatever it is… if it was really some mystery, DNA would be taken by scientist to find out what it really is.

ahhh.. so good to see Long Island in the news. Medford/Mastic Beach born and raised!!

It’s all a scam. No “monster”. Total ploy to market some low budget film. The sad part, I wonder how good the film could have been had it not had this air of taint to it. Even the Production company of the film has listed on their blog that they “have the montauk monster”. Kindav hard to have better evidence of a scam than that.

Hmm. Makes me wonder how this will effect the movie release.

-Brian Hardin II
http://www.ZombieMall.com

Leave it to hollywood….

I spent some time checking out all of the information on those sites you mentioned, like Montauk-Monster.com and http://www.Gawker.com. I did a search on Google and I couldn’t believe they even had it on http://www.Wikipedia.com ! That’s incredible. After looking at this, in my own personal opinion, I think it’s some kind of dog. The only reason that I say that, is because it had that cloth looking bracelet piece on it’s wrist. If someone did fake this, like Flisk2 said, they sure did a pretty good job. My official guess would be that it was a dog though.

Dave
Marketing Director
http://www.AlphaPromoWorld.com

It is obviously not a Raccoon, at least not to anyone familiar with them. It’s just a dog, probably a pitbull.

I’m real and still alive.

the first pictures that I saw of the creature, it looked like a CGI fake image and not a decomposing critter at all

the skin tone was too evenly coloured

the light angles on the creature seemed different than the light on the sand and surroundings

the whole thing has a PT Barnum feeling and I think if this is a movie stunt, it’s gonna backfire

Ron,
The guys who caught it kept it and let it decompose. Pictures are available of this on cnn.com video section. Sorry, it was not a marketing gimmick. Get your facts straight.

Come on New York, it’s fake ……..

u tell me who in there right mind would have picked that thing up without calling the authorities or someone to have it checked out. and the fact that it was “hidden” has marketing ploy written all over it, whether for a movie or for some other reason.

Just stop!

Who really cares whether this is a real monster or not when there’s the Edwards story out there. Oh…. who really cares about that either when there’s still a war in Iraq..Oh…….. who really cares about a war in Iraq certainly not our president.. But then “we’ll always have Paris.”

its a dead dog, or racoon. More likely a dog by the looks of it. These things happen. I saw a dead seal on a beach before. It was devoid of fur, had a glossy sheen to it, and looked like a giant summer sausage that washed up on the shore, only it had bones sticking out of either end. Things look creepy wehn they’re dead, sure enough. But Im sure it is a dog. Just put a nose where it’s ‘beak’ is, and fur all over it with some photoshop. Trust me.

I think when these type of things happen in life, people always seem to take the extreme position almost bordening on stupid. If we really wanted to know for sure,it should be send to a certified lab for the facts. How come this never happens. It’s stupid news.

Decomposing? No swelling, no flies
Washed up? No tide marks in sand
Crawled up? No claw or drag prints
Skin? No muscle definition. No abrasions
Found by who? Give me a break

I think these kind of marketing gimmiks, if this is indeed one, where the taxpayer’s money (e.g. police, forensics, etc.) ends up being spent to figure out the truth, should have legal consequences.

it’s an animal expirement and scientests did

I agree with E.T. about wasting tax dollars. And please, E.T., phone home…

The Extra Terrestial was phoning home, a dog used it for a fire hydrant
ET died, now the Invasion is enroute, to avenge and eat all dogkind.

Decomposing raccoon???? Have you ever seen a raccoon close up. They don’t have beaks….

I agree with “Duh”, its a turtle without its shell. Looks pretty obvious to me.

There are FLIES lit on this thing people… Flies are NOT attracted to Rubber Movie Props (as some claim this is). They’re attracted to Rotting Flesh. Look closely at the photos & you’ll see flies on it in them all. It’s a Dead Animal in a state of Decomp folks, case closed, move on.
Based on other photos of it that show Fur & Floppy Ears… It’s either some breed of Dog or a Raccoon. That’s not a “Beak” it’s just a skull & those aren’t “Flippers” they’re feet with long nails. It’s just hard to recognize because of the decomp and lots of people with overactive imaginations…

I’m really bothered by how the press get’s over-excited by “the preagnant man”, this “montauk monster”‘ “hogzilla”, and now “Bigfoot in a freezer”. I think maybe too many news organizations are populated by too many off the staffers who’ve been let go from the old Elvis, aliens and Batboy tabloids, because those have all converted over to celebrity gossip glossies.

Can there be a section next to Entertainment called “Stupid?”

Well Todd, I bet P.T. Barnum would be in the media business today.
He would probably own or manage a media company that might, theoretically, present an endless array of “entertainment” stories about current films and call these “news”.
Dark Knight much, CNN/Time Warner?
More likely, Barnum would pretend to run a legitimate, trustworthy news organization that would make money in shameless and crass ways…like…oh, I don’t know…selling “wacky / tragic” headlines on T-shirts or something equally pedestrian.
Oh wait…

It’s manbearpig!

I don’t get people saying that its a dog. Since when does a dog have flippers? And a beak? To me its clearly a turtle that somehow lost it’s shell. It has the beak and flippers of a turtle but what’s shocking is the fact that we haven’t seen one without the shell. That’s my opinion anyway.

http://www.animachina.com/images/whatisit/montauk_monster_is_raccoon.jpg

The ManBearPig, Al Gore has murdered, stored in his Deep Freezer.
A migrating Platipus, exhausted, died due Climate Change ?

Carol…. go look at a turtle skeleton and tell me you still think it is a turtle. Turtle shells are attached to the spinal column of a turtle, it is a part of their skeleton… they can’t lose their shells unless they lose their skeleton.

http://campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/terry.derting/anatomyatlas/entireturtskelamy-becky.html

Turtles do not have teeth.

Turtles do not have external ears.

Turtles do not have hair.

Turtles do not have ribcages (their shell acts as the support structure)

I am literally astounded at how many people actually think it could even possibly be a turtle.

Dental morphology as well as skeletal morphology CLEARLY indicate this is a Racoon, there really is no debate on this anymore. There have been alot of opinions on what it is, however not a single qualified scientist has said it was anything other than a RACOON… they are ALL in agreement on this, yet the ignorant masses still take it upon themselves to hand out uninformed opinions on the matter.

Again, don’t take my opinion either… listen to the experts… listen to the people who earn their paychecks by understanding and classifying animals for a LIVING… they ALL say it is a RACOON..

what SCIENTISTS think

http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/08/the_montauk_monster.php

Read Lago’s comments in the below link for one of the best analysis of the “creature” on the internet.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/08/01/montauk-monster-was-evidently-a-dead-raccoon.htm

Even Jeff Corwin says it is a racoon… what more do you want people???

We come from a long line of Montauk monsters. You humans just wait, because we are coming to EAT YOU ALL!!!

Climate Change killed it. Faked out by IPCC climate forecest,
Monster vacationed into deadly climate. Next are US ?
More CarbonCredit dollars, or extinction here we come.

It’s as simple as this…get a DNA sample, and test it. Then, there will be no need to spend time wondering and guessing what this thing is. Who knows, maybe it’s some twisted concoction of a creature due to cell altering polution. We’re all gonna die! Give me a break.