55-Foot Beached Chinese 'Sea Monster' Identified

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According to multiple media reports, a 55-foot-long marine animal recently washed up dead on a beach at Guangdong, China. You can see its decaying body in the above image. Now the question is: What's this species that beach goers are calling a "sea monster?"

Live Science showed the photo to three marine biology experts: Scott Baker of Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute, Bill Perrin, senior scientist for marine mammals at the National Marine Fisheries Service, and Bob Brownell, senior scientist for international protected resources with NOAA's Fisheries Service.

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Fishy business: Mysterious 55ft ‘sea monster’ washes up in China

You’d need a big portion of chips to go with this. A gigantic sea beast measuring 55ft has been discovered washed up on a beach in Guangdong, China.

It was found wrapped in fishing lines, leading locals to suspect that fishermen cut it free from their nets because it was too big to haul in.Read more:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2007131/Mysterious-55ft-sea-monster-washes-China.html#ixzz1Q6D29dRU

St. Augustine's Monster Mystery

Cryptozoologist Sheds Light On Monster Stories

POSTED: Friday, January 7, 2011

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- The story goes that two boys were playing on the shore of Anastasia Island in 1896 when they noticed a huge carcass on the beach.

That carcass became known as the St. Augustine Monster. On Friday night, cryptozoologist, Loren Coleman came into town to share stories of the monster at Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum.

Coleman has been studying to figure out what really washed up on St. Augustine's shore all of those years ago.

"It could have been a giant octopus, so the mystery increased," said Coleman. Coleman said he's surprised that not many tourists head to St. Augustine in search for answers to the mystery monster.

Video: St. Augustine Monster?

There are still some jars of tissue from the "monster" on display at the Smithsonian. A few years ago a similar blob washed up in Chile and scientists determined the "monster" there was a decomposing sperm whale.

"It is what happens when they decay," said Coleman. "When they decay and come ashore, they change their form so much so that they fool people and people think that they're some kind of monster."

http://www.news4jax.com/news/26407926/detail.html

St. Augustine's Monster Mystery

Cryptozoologist Sheds Light On Monster Stories

POSTED: Friday, January 7, 2011

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- The story goes that two boys were playing on the shore of Anastasia Island in 1896 when they noticed a huge carcass on the beach.

That carcass became known as the St. Augustine Monster. On Friday night, cryptozoologist, Loren Coleman came into town to share stories of the monster at Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum.

Coleman has been studying to figure out what really washed up on St. Augustine's shore all of those years ago.

"It could have been a giant octopus, so the mystery increased," said Coleman. Coleman said he's surprised that not many tourists head to St. Augustine in search for answers to the mystery monster.

Video: St. Augustine Monster?

There are still some jars of tissue from the "monster" on display at the Smithsonian. A few years ago a similar blob washed up in Chile and scientists determined the "monster" there was a decomposing sperm whale.

"It is what happens when they decay," said Coleman. "When they decay and come ashore, they change their form so much so that they fool people and people think that they're some kind of monster."

http://www.news4jax.com/news/26407926/detail.html