Real life is stranger than fiction. As my husband and I were discussing scheduling our annual autumn getaway to Montauk Lake, the news flashed a story about the discovery of a Montauk monster.
Apparently a 26 year old girl, Jenna Hewitt, and her friends were walking along the Ditch Plains area of Montauk when they discovered a gruesome, leathery looking creature on the shore. Jenna took pictures of the purplish deceased beast before an older man shuffled the creature away to keep in his backyard. Nobody is sure who removed the creature but the photos are all over the Internet today. According to Newsday, County Executive Steve Levy stated if the creature could be certified as a Suffolk Loch Ness monster, the county would collect plenty of revenue from the tickets sold.
Several theories exist including a rumor the beast is really latex and intended to be a viral marketing campaign for Cartoon Network television show 'Cryptids are Real'. Other resources question whether this is a decomposing dog, turtle or raccoon. Still other people believe it's a Photoshop experiment. Finally, residents are questioning whether the creature is an experiment gone wrong from Plum Island.
On Friday, the girl who took the pics and two witnesses will appear on the web show 'Juice', released by Hamptons based website Plum. Do you think the discussion will shed any more light on this situation? Do you think the Montauk monster is a legend, a viral marketing campaign or a strange creature that requires additional scientific explanation?
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run on over to my blog an see about my speculations on the montauk monster
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