Comments on: The Montauk Monster: A marketing gimmick? http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/12/the-montauk-monster-a-marketing-gimmick/ Watch Showbiz Tonight on HLN at 11pm ET/PT Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:21:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: sierramom http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/12/the-montauk-monster-a-marketing-gimmick/#comment-44383 sierramom Thu, 14 May 2009 20:58:05 +0000 http://cnnmarquee.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-44383 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. 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.

]]> By: Franko http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/12/the-montauk-monster-a-marketing-gimmick/#comment-6506 Franko Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:48:43 +0000 http://cnnmarquee.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-6506 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. 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.

]]> By: Montauk Monster http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/12/the-montauk-monster-a-marketing-gimmick/#comment-6482 Montauk Monster Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:38:04 +0000 http://cnnmarquee.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-6482 We come from a long line of Montauk monsters. You humans just wait, because we are coming to EAT YOU ALL!!! We come from a long line of Montauk monsters. You humans just wait, because we are coming to EAT YOU ALL!!!

]]> By: Mike S. from Texas http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/12/the-montauk-monster-a-marketing-gimmick/#comment-6471 Mike S. from Texas Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:07:22 +0000 http://cnnmarquee.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-6471 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??? 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???

]]> By: Franko http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/12/the-montauk-monster-a-marketing-gimmick/#comment-6470 Franko Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:10:36 +0000 http://cnnmarquee.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-6470 The ManBearPig, Al Gore has murdered, stored in his Deep Freezer. A migrating Platipus, exhausted, died due Climate Change ? The ManBearPig, Al Gore has murdered, stored in his Deep Freezer.
A migrating Platipus, exhausted, died due Climate Change ?

]]> By: Mike S. from Texas http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/12/the-montauk-monster-a-marketing-gimmick/#comment-6459 Mike S. from Texas Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:10:08 +0000 http://cnnmarquee.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-6459 http://www.animachina.com/images/whatisit/montauk_monster_is_raccoon.jpg http://www.animachina.com/images/whatisit/montauk_monster_is_raccoon.jpg

]]> By: Carol http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/12/the-montauk-monster-a-marketing-gimmick/#comment-6452 Carol Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:12:21 +0000 http://cnnmarquee.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-6452 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. 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.

]]> By: Maura http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/12/the-montauk-monster-a-marketing-gimmick/#comment-6449 Maura Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:55:19 +0000 http://cnnmarquee.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-6449 It's manbearpig! It's manbearpig!

]]> By: Bob Dobbs http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/12/the-montauk-monster-a-marketing-gimmick/#comment-6421 Bob Dobbs Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:06:40 +0000 http://cnnmarquee.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-6421 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... 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...

]]> By: Keith http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/12/the-montauk-monster-a-marketing-gimmick/#comment-6415 Keith Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:05:07 +0000 http://cnnmarquee.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-6415 Can there be a section next to Entertainment called "Stupid?" Can there be a section next to Entertainment called "Stupid?"

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