{"id":2336,"date":"2010-03-01T04:05:11","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T22:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2012-11-25T07:52:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T01:52:20","slug":"headless-thing-washes-up-on-newfoundland-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2010\/03\/headless-thing-washes-up-on-newfoundland-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"HEADLESS “THING” WASHES UP ON NEWFOUNDLAND BEACH!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Western Star<\/a> has reported that the carcass of a large, headless monstrosity of unknown origin was discovered on a beach on Newfoundland’s Bay of Islands lower north shore.<\/p>\n

This bizarre specimen has drawn the attention of curiosity seekers since a local man, Warrick Lovell, stumbled across the strange find while on a walk on February 24th, 2010. Lovell expressed his own curiosity regarding the creature’s origins:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cIt would be nice to see if anyone knows what it is. First I thought it was a seal washed up (on the high tide earlier in the day), but when I went down to check on my boat that evening, I walked over to see and then I knew it wasn\u2019t a seal… But, I don\u2019t know what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

The headless remains have been described as being approximately 15-foot in length with a squarish torso, a pointed, 10-foot tail twisted in the sand and what appears to be a single flipper-like appendage on its right side.<\/p>\n

It also has patches of hair, which beg (at least extremely speculative) comparison to other CURIOUS-CARCASSES<\/a> such as TRUNKO and the GLACIER ISLAND CARCASS<\/a>. That having been said, the locals seem to have something more akin to a typical LAKE MONSTER<\/a> type of creature on their mind.<\/p>\n

Rich Park, who was among the first to see the remains of the dessicated beast, first speculated that the large hunk of flesh might be a tentacle off a giant squid, but on closer inspection it became clear that the “hairy” protrusion was not a tentacle. Others have even gone so far as to suggest that this creature may be some kind of “super seahorse.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Corner Brook has retrieved tissue samples<\/a> of the carcass, which they will subject to a battery of tests in an effort to reach some conclusions about the identity of this mystery beast, which has brought in curious onlookers by the droves. Basil Park, a member the burgeoning crowd, had this to say about the perplexing “thing” that washed up from the sea:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve lived here all my life and never seen anything like it… There\u2019s fishermen around here who fished all their lives and they couldn\u2019t tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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