Back وحش مونتوك Arabic Montauk məxluqu Azerbaijani Monstrum z Montauku Czech Monstruo de Montauk Spanish هیولای مونتاک Persian Montaukin hirviö Finnish Monstre de Montauk French Մոնտոկսկյան հրեշ Armenian Mostro di Montauk Italian モントーク・モンスター Japanese
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The "Montauk Monster" was an animal carcass that washed ashore on a beach near the business district of Montauk, New York, in July 2008.[1][2] The identity of the creature and the veracity of stories surrounding it have been the subject of controversy and speculation. The corpse was eventually decided by experts to be that of a water-degraded raccoon.[3][4]
Similar carcasses have washed up on American and Canadian shores, and have been called omajinaakoos, or "The Ugly One", by First Nations groups, believing it to be an omen of bad luck.[5]
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- ^ "What was the Montauk monster? : Tetrapod Zoology". Scienceblogs.com. 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ Wagenseil, Paul (2008-08-01). "'Montauk Monster' mystery gets more mysterious". Fox News. Archived from the original on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2015-02-17.
- ^ Radford, Benjamin (2010-05-24). "Mysterious 'Monster' Washes Up on Canadian Shore". livescience.com. Retrieved 2024-11-23.