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Twisted Sickos: Should We Shed Tears For Them?
No, argues one columnist who's not afraid to tell it like it is: More »
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Comment by jbwan: I like the part where she says the life of the family who settled for 20 mil was ruined b/c... 9 Responses | Other threads
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monsters
The North Carolina Poop Monster Mystery [Solved!]
Summer's here. That means monster season. What creatures do lurk in the darkest sewer pipes of the Tar Heel State? Some disgusting, pulsating, alien blob creatures do. More »
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Comment by malphigian: According to this link: [deepseanews.com] (currently being murdered with traffic by the entire internet), it's a clump of worms: "They are... 8 Responses | Other threads
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vigilantes
Wait, Did Geraldo Just Ask the Fox News Audience to Kill a Child Molester?
Last night on Fox News, Geraldo Rivera took a hit out on David Earls, a convicted child-rapist whose atrociously low sentence Bill O'Reilly has been demagoguing. More »
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By John CookComment by ChillbearLatrigue: "These men actually want people to die." Yes, but to be more accurate they want a specific person to die.... 36 Responses | Other threads
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crime
'You Light Up My Life' Composer Is Criminal Sex Monster, Naturally
The Oscar-winning composer of the sickly sweet "You Light Up My Life" is actually, prosecutors say, a dirty old serial rapist monster. We should have known. More »
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Comment by Dennis Ford: yeah, that song was so awful it was number 1 for only 11 weeks 8 Responses | Other threads
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Nixon Believed in Aborting Mixed-Race Babies
If only America had listened to Richard Nixon, the Republican Party wouldn't be in the trouble it's in. Because Barack Obama wouldn't have been born. He would have been aborted, because his mom was white and his dad was black. More »
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By John CookComment by kathotdog: good lord...when do we get to hear the W tapes? 10 Responses | Other threads
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Kate Gosselin Refuses to Water Her Children
If you've ever wondered what kind of mother Kate Gosselin is behind the scenes, wonder no more. Access Hollywood released this clip today of footage caught just prior to an interview with Kate and her kids, and it's kinda troubling. More »
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Comment by ✪TheMac: Am I horrible for thinking that maybe Gawker's being a bit hard on Kate (in this instance)? I mean, maybe the... 44 Responses | Other threads
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good luck with your hell demons
Montauk Monster Washes Up Again
Somebody forgot to do the exorcism, because the Montauk Monster has been found. Again. More »
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Comment by ADismalScience: Does it have swine flu, or has it grifted anyone? 6 Responses | Other threads
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ivy league
Monster Rats Pouring Out of Harvard
Are you aware that rats "big enough to put saddles on" are currently streaming out of Harvard University's secret underground science experiment cave, in record numbers? We thought you should know. More »
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Comment by naugahydeinplainsight: Sounds like an episode of Fringe. What would Walter make of it all? (Does anyone else watch that show? The... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Killer Dog Rampage in Park Slope 'Tot Lot!'
The perpetually put-upon parents of Park Slope have yet another outrage to face! Already battling listserv fees and fighting sexist hats, the yups must now contend with dogs trying to eat their babies! More »
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Comment by SpecialK: I might have to side with a ParkSlope parent in this one. After all, if there's one thing more annoying... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Comment by DeikaD: I wonder if vampires would drink blood from there... 4 Responses | Other threads
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monsters
Horrifying Banana Spider Orders You To Denny's
We won't attempt to "explain" this Denny's commercial, except to say: if that spidery one-eyed banana ever gets within 15 feet of our food, the shotgun is coming out. Click to watch this...thing.
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Comment by katastic: Oh for Christ's sake. Is this what the recession brought us? Anthropomorphic fruit as entertainment? Lord. Let's burn the cities... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Professor Who Called Clinton 'Monster' To Work With Her
Samantha Power better have serious diplomatic skills: She's taking a foreign police job requiring "close contract and potential travel" with the woman she called a "monster," Hillary Clinton. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Uns4ne: Can we get some protein here. She's starving. 6 Responses | Other threads
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Anna Wintour: I Am No Office Monster
Anna Wintour said she wishes the new documentary about her had ventured beyond the offices of Vogue. And no wonder, because it is there that the editor made her ruthless reputation. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by hughman: i worked for 15 years in the fashion industry in NYC. trust me, there were plenty of women out there... 4 Responses | Other threads
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British Montauk Monster Washes Ashore
The residents of North Devon, England don't know what to make of the fanged creature found on a local beach. Seal? Sea lion? BEAST OF EXMOOR, PERHAPS? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Aaron Altman: It's Nessie, gone and escaped from her loch. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Blago a Huge Nixon Groupie
In 1980, a vacationing Rod Blagojevich camped in front of Richard Nixon's home, with a friend, until the pariah ex-president emerged and this picture was taken. What the hell is wrong with this guy? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by I ♥ Bitchy Trampolines: Hair Origins: I bet Nixon complimented his 'do and he never again changed it. That being said, i would totally do... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Paris Hilton Tired Of Men Using Her For Sex, Money, Fame
Paris Hilton gave an interview to British tabloid News Of The World which, for some reason, included a picture of her with the ill-kempt reporter. Apparently that's how things work on Fleet Street. Hilton, in any case, made clear that she's ready to move beyond the grasping, body-flashing, blatant-paparazzi-baiting phase of her career to a place where she can act all dignified and above it all, telling the tabloid that her rich, famous ex-boyfriends were only using her for riches and fame: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by drunkexpatwriter: I'm trying to think of something I'd use Paris Hilton for other than sex and I'm drawing a blank. 23 Responses | Other threads
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Demonize Capitalism This Halloween!
It seems like it was only last Halloween when investment banks were considered economic bedrocks, former Fed chief Alan Greenspan's legacy was intact and debt securitization was a good thing. But Americans now blame evil bankers for their economic problems as readily as they once embraced no-doc, no-money-down mortgages. 60 Minutes recently did a hit piece on Credit Default Swaps (the tools never should have agreed to that interview!) and This American Life proudly revived a May segment slamming Collateralized Debt Obligations. And now, just in time for Halloween Friday, an entrepreneur is offering $80 Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson masks like the one above. The demonization of Wall Street doesn't end there, of course: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Colonel Mustard: I'm considering going as a Slutty Vagrant. Too meta? 10 Responses | Other threads
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The Madonna Monster
Madonna's messy divorce from Guy Ritchie gives the pop star a chance to recast herself for the better, but at the moment her public image is that of a voracious celebrity monster, steamrolling Ritchie and turning Alex Rodriguez into a glaze-eyed cult follower. The Sun is reporting for tomorrow's paper that Madonna is supposedly spying on her ex, "using her huge staff to report his every move," and that director Ritchie is desperately trying to counter gossip spread by the singer's PR machine that he's a bad father. Over at the Daily Mail, the dirt is about how Alex Rodriguez is said to be spending 40 million pounds (which sounds high) to buy an apartment two blocks away from Madonna, after pleasing her with his dedication to Kabbalah: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Smitros: No matter how much Pilates I do or how many stairs I climb, I'll never have thighs like those in... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Dead Monster Washes Ashore In Russia
No, not Putin! Ha ha! In an effort to ramp up competition with the United States, Russia has produced its own version of the feared and revered Montauk Monster. It's the Moscow Monster! Its carcass washed ashore on the Eastern coast of the Motherland, indicating that Sarah Palin likely shot it from hundreds of yards away in Alaska, while nestled in her rooftop hunting blind. Russian scientists have yet to identify the creature. Note that it is a more hideous and distorted version of the kinder, gentler American original (but don't worry, some good Russian things recently washed up on our shores). Click through for larger, horrifying image. -
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Paris Hilton Denies Feeding Dogs To Coyotes
Being a documented cruel animal hoarder, Paris Hilton understandably faces a lot of scrutiny over how she cares for her 17 or so dogs. So when X17 reported the celebrity heiress had left two of her (mostly small and helpless) dogs outside for a night to be devoured as a light snack by local coyotes, the story spread like crazy, including to the Daily News and this morning's Post. Now Hilton's reps are denying that any dogs died at all, saying they're all still enjoying the opulent splendor of their "doggie mansion." The only problem? Hilton is a proven liar, and this story has the ring of truth. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Ropocalypse Now: I seem to remember that in LA you're not even allowed to own more than three or four dogs, unless... 5 Responses | Other threads
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good luck with your hartford demons
New Monster Terrorizes Hartford
(No, not insurance companies, har har) The summer of monsters is not quite over! There's a new scaly fellow prowling the Northeast. This one was photographed in swimming in a West Hartford reservoir by some kinda-crackpotty lady. It's got spikes and sorta looks like a stegosaurus mixed with an octopus. A stegopus. Don't worry, no one drinks that water, officials say, so there's no threat of contamination. Monster contamination. Now, everyone go to Hartford! —Sincerely, Hartford Tourism Board
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Comment by Multiphasic: Um, hate to be the one to revisit sad news, but that's totally the waterlogged corpse of They Live. [gawker.com] 6 Responses | Other threads
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Another Dead Monster Reported In Long Island
Did the secret monster army being bred on Plum Island lose another experimental "marine?" Or did the Montauk Monster simply move from one side of Long Island to the other via an overflowing drainage system? The North Shore Sun received pictures of a dead creature that supposedly looked like Monty and that was seen by at least three Long Islanders before mysteriously disappearing, probably because its body was snatched by a secret Plum Island/Homeland Security commando team. The summer of monsters truly is endless! One witness' report, plus a larger version of the picture at left, after the jump. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by AbelGalokie: "What's brownish-purple, goes to the beach and stinks of rotting flesh?" -headline;foxnews.com with all these dead mysterious monsters floating around i... more » | Other threads
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Our Newest Monster Is a Four-Earred Kitty Cat
Apocalypse Meow! Our endless Summer of Monsters lurches on! The Post reports today about a cat that is 'ear marked' (har... har... wheeze...) because, zomg, it has four ears. A scan of the picture is above. The cat's name is Yoda. It can hear you twice as well. "People do a double take when they see him or his picture," said the cat's owner. "It's great fun showing him off." That's the spirit. "Freak cat! Er'body look! Monster cat!" Oh Yoda. Horrible harbinger of doom you are. Click through for larger image of the demon feline.
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Comment by cassandra: I count six ears, I think. He looks adorably devilish. His extra ears are so elegant it makes me wonder why... more » | Other threads
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Listicle
Summer 2008: Our Monsteriest Season Yet
I have terrible news. The Broadway-bound revival of swingin' Godsex musical Godspell has been postponed. And you know why? The economy. Yes the bad economy is even stopping Jesus. What terrible, hellacious times are we living in, anyway? You'd half expect to see demons filling our streets... And! Wait, yes! Look, there they are. Hell beasts, and Bigfeet, and all manner of other two-headed ghouls. It's the summer of monsters, lurching into our world from the ruined corners of this modern world. After the jump we'll take a digested look at this season's many abominable creatures.
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Comment by NotChoinski: Fun fact: Two headed turtles can't walk straight because the heads can't agree where they're walking to. Just ask the... more » | Other threads
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Monsters Attack And Devor Mainstream Media
So remember how Gawker became obsessed with the Montauk Monster, and everyone was like, "Ho ho ho, isn't that funny and delightful, let's laugh at the 'monster' all summer until it kills us all in our sleep, LOL'?" And then CNN did a story but even Wolf Blitzer had trouble maintaing his usual humorless melodrama because he was about to bust out laughing? Well, no one's laughing now because monsters are eating the Main Stream Media alive. The terrified reports keep coming: Newsweek, as we just reported, launched a panicked, desperate effort to claim the Montauk Monster is a Photoshop hoax. CNN aired video of a Chupacabra in Texas. And now multiple cable news networks have picked up on a Bigfoot discovery that even we laughed off initially. BUT NO ONE IS SCOFFING NOW OH NO NOT ANYMORE. More » -
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Where the Wild Things Are
More monster news! The Chupacabra, that elusive bordertown beast, has been videotaped by some police officers in Texas. The cryptozoological narrative rambles on. But we'll always have Montauk. -
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Monster In A Hall Of Mirrors
It's been fun while it's lasted, but the monstrous creature that washed up in Montauk, Long Island may have been nothing more than a prop from an independent movie about carnies, and a viral marketing scheme just as everyone initially suspected. There are enough untied loose ends in the hoax storyline to leave open the possibility that the hoax is itself a hoax, meaning the story has now entered a confusing phase where one must carefully sift the professed deceptions from the real deceptions and hard facts from intentional distortions. But one can try. Here's how a hoax would have gone down, according to a theory propagated on a few websites (linked below) over the past few days:
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By Ryan TateComment by chrystaline: Weird. Over at Tetrapod Zoology they seemed pretty convinced (and convinced me) that it was a bloated, decomposing raccoon. [scienceblogs.com] I,... more » | Other threads
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Montauk Monster In Secret Mutant Army?
Ken Layne over at Wonkette has done some heroic digging into Plum Island, the Department of Homeland Security-run animal horror lab suspiciously close not only to Montauk, where our friend Monty washed ashore, but to a long string of terrifying outbreaks and hybrid animal attacks. We knew from the start of the Montauk Monster mystery that Plum Island was at the center of various conspiracy theories, but when one looks at the entire awful history in one blog post, one must inevitably conclude that, despite its shifty and inconsistent denials, the federal government is assembling there a fearsome monster army that, if left unchecked, will someday slaughter us while we sleep. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by SristiHorae: I've seen that mutant dog before on monster quest. It's just a dead; bloated mutt dog. maybe a... more » | Other threads
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Paris Hilton Calls McCain, Obama 'Bitches'
Remember how John McCain mocked Barack Obama by comparing the Democratic presidential candidate to Paris Hilton, implying both of them were vapid celebrities and royally pissing off Hilton's McCain-bankrolling family? It turns out Paris has a sense of humor about the whole thing, and made an actually-pretty-funny video about it for Will Ferrell's Funny Or Die. It's after the jump. And it's funny because Hilton implies she has a sophisticated knowledge of an important geopolitical issue LOL! Also, protocelebrities take note: This is a example of how you take some mildly negative PR and spin it so masterfully your image ends up better polished than ever. More » -
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The Wintour Dynasty
At the risk of overdoing our coverage of monsters and hellspawn, we present this lovely picture of Anna Wintour and her daughter Bee Shaffer, snapped by a Columbia acquaintance of Shaffer at a recent party. The outdoor dinner featured lamb chops (not overdone!) and seems to have been convened at least partly to fête young Bee, presumably upon her return from a semester in London. Despite the mean things sometimes said about her mother, Shaffer herself retains much of the glow from her regal fashion lineage, thanks to outfits like the one she wore to the Costume Institute Gala this year and generally positive reports in her wake at internships at New York, Teen Vogue and so forth. Since we last checked in with her in 2006, Shaffer seems to have stopped writing her column for the UK's Telegraph and ceased contributing to the Columbia Spectator and its magazine. But she may have picked up a boyfriend! Check out the party picture after the jump. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by if_i_only_had_a_heart: rather too mouch rouge ms wintour is having more » | Other threads
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Stephen Colbert Solves Montauk Monster Mystery!
Our old friend Monty got a shout-out tonight on the Colbert Report. Not only did this illustrate that his story has made that critical third leap — from blog to cable news to cable fake news — the segment also surfaced a highly plausible new theory as to what Earthly form Monty took before he became a demon hellspawn. Kiss the dog, raccoon, pig and vole theories goodbye! Click the video icon to view. -
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Is The Montauk Monster Satan's Bacon?
Here's the thing about the beached monster of Montauk: In all the pictures, its big canine teeth are visible on the bottom of its mouth but not on top. Dogs generally have their biggest canines on top plus a couple of smaller ones on the bottom. You know who has big canines on the bottom? Pigs! See the picture, left top, via the wildlife blogger behind Animal Tourism, who first floated the pig theory. Not only are many domesticated pigs slaughtered throughout the country for delicious pork products, but also there has apparently been a huge boom in the U.S. wild pig population. So it's not a stretch to imagine one washing up in Long Island. If this creature is a pig, it would fit with this email tip we got a few days ago:
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By Ryan TateComment by XiangShrew: StormyKnight in Racine; I think the 'monster' is a Tapir...a critter that comes from Peru. It could have been someones... more » | Other threads
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Montauk Monster: VOLE Or SATAN?
We've received a lot of different theories about what exactly the Montauk Monster really is (a monster). But one tipster went to so much trouble to assemble a very interesting montage of photos—complete with key encircled highlight areas—that we feel we must bring you their work. "All in all I believe this is no 'monster' or 'Satan' simply a case of mistaken identity," the tipster writes. The monster is not Satan? Ridiculous, we know. But when you get a load of the included X-ray, well, it certainly gives the misguided nonbelievers something to think about. Click through for the full (and colorful!) photo presentation in favor of what we are now calling "The Vole Theory":
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Scientist Plea From Montauk Monster Finders
Three women who first discovered and photographed the Montauk Monster have issued a desperate plea for scientists to help them identify the devil spawn! Rachel Goldberg, Courtney Fruin and Jenna Hewitt gave their long-awaited interview to PlumTV, following hot on the heals of the CNN appearance by their buddy "Colin," who is keeping the monster's bones safe in his bong or Weber grill or whatever. The ladies revealed they have been in touch with a scientist from Stony Brook University, who supposedly told them it can't be a raccoon (legs/arms not in proportion to body), dog (feet "don't match up" — ??) or turtle (they don't have teeth). So basically we're dealing with a mutant, alien or satanic death hound. "Lock your fucking doors," as one self-described biologist told us yesterday! The women are hoping another scientist will take a look at the remains and give a less terrifying answer. A video except, along with some interesting mail, is after the jump. UPDATE: Plus a new, less decomposed photo via Newsday! More » -
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Montauk Monster Scare Gets All the Way to the C-N-N
Wolf Blitzer and crew have been swept up into Montauk Monster mania, which began on this humble site when we posted about a nefarious hell demon that washed ashore on Long Island's picturesque tip. A reporter for the cable news net hit the streets, showing passersby a photo of the hideous beast. Most were befuddled, some cracked wise ("My husband?"), and one woman was "squirmish." A New York Times Magazine cover story, featuring a photo of the devil "dog" draped across its flaming, Satanic bed, is surely forthcoming. Clip of the coverage is above. Oh, and nice of CNN to get a Gawker screenshot of us calling their elder statesman Larry King "drunk," bee tee dubs.
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Comment by SlickaNicka: @Clevetron: Intriguing graphic link. But, yeah, if you paint a little doggie face on the monster, it looks like... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Montauk Monster Madness Spreads
There's still more information to report on the mysterious decomposed creature that washed ashore on Long Island recently, if not any definitive answers. A slew of clues come from some actual, you know, reporting done by New York magazine, which somehow tracked down our original tipster, who again denied the photo is part of any PR campaign and said it came from "my girlfriend's sister was there with her friends and one of them took the picture." Then they talked to an eyewitness! More »
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By Ryan TateComment by DanteHizat: I still think its simply a large sea turtle without its shell. As far as the feet and tail, simply... more » | Other threads
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Montauk Monster Update!
Our old friend the Montauk Monster, who washed ashore on Long Island recently, continues to befuddle. Luckily Hamptons-based website Plum will be hosting two eyewitnesses as well as the woman who took the photograph this Friday on their web show The Juice. Plum writes of the hellfire-born nightmare creature: "Four government biologists contacted by Plum were unable to identify the species of the animal from its photo and came to the conclusion that 'no such creature exists.'" Shriek!! That's because it's a monster. A government experiment gone wrong! A Cerberus come to warn us of doom! A MONSTER!!!!
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Comment by clhwi67: When I was on vacation in Gulfport Mississippi I found a dead creature lying on the beach. I didn't know... more » | Other threads
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Ugh. Update added here.
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That and another update have been added to the most recent full post.
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Montauk "Dead Monster" Maybe Tied To Cartoon Network Show
Kudos are in order to the public relations company that "tipped" us earlier today about the supposed government-created mutant that washed up in Montauk, if for nothing other than its timing. The firm, described by its owner as a purveyor of "grassroots viral marketing," was wise to try and place a campaign than in the midst of the summer news doldrums. But neither Gawker nor Jezebel (original recipient of the tip) seem an appropriate place to plug a children's show, which a different tipster thinks is behind the Montauk picture. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by LeeroySpitzer: Read More: 1. Montauk Monster Madness Spreads 2. Montauk Monster Update! 3. Dead Monster Washes Ashore in Montauk 4. The Creepy... more » | Other threads
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