{"id":8561,"date":"2012-01-30T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T06:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/?p=8561"},"modified":"2012-11-16T13:29:02","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T07:29:02","slug":"mann-hill-carcass-massachusetts-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2012\/01\/mann-hill-carcass-massachusetts-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"MANN HILL CARCASS: (MASSACHUSETTS, USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/curious-carcasses\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-842\" title=\"curious-carcasses\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/curious-carcasses.gif?resize=100%2C99\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a>One of the most famous images in cryptozoology was spawned from the bizarre camel-like remains of an unusual carcass that washed ashore in the northeastern United States.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Discovered on Mann Hill Beach in Massachusetts during November of 1970, this severely decomposed, allegedly plesiosaur-like carcass &#8212; which was described by one eyewitness as a &#8220;<em>camel without legs<\/em>&#8221; &#8212; has confounded investigators for over three decades.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mann_hill_carcass2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8564\" title=\"mann_hill_carcass\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mann_hill_carcass2.jpg?resize=300%2C218\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a>Measuring approximately 20-feet in length and weighing well over 2,000 lbs., this rotting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/sea-monsters\/\" target=\"_\">SEA MONSTER<\/a> appeared to have had a long neck, a small head and what appeared to be two, large fore-flippers. Although not much is known regarding this odd animal&#8217;s origins, it was the source of one fascinating\u00a0photo, which for decades represented one of the classic images in the annals of the cryptozoological research.<\/p>\n<p>While most skeptics and scientists assert that the Mann Hill Carcass was nothing more than another case of a decaying Basking shark being confused for something more mysterious, this 20-foot long, 2-ton anomaly has intrigued intellects and captured imaginations since it first washed up onto that Massachusetts shore back in 1970&#8230; and might, just might, mind you&#8230; represent one of mankind&#8217;s few tangible links to the still unknown world of the high seas.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Copyright Rob Morphy 2002 &#8212; 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most famous images in cryptozoology was spawned from the bizarre camel-like remains of an unusual carcass that washed ashore in the northeastern United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2504,"featured_media":12012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3],"tags":[85,743,95],"class_list":{"0":"post-8561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-curious-carcasses","8":"category-monsters","9":"tag-curious-carcass","10":"tag-mann-hill-monster","11":"tag-sea-monster"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/mann_hill_carcass41.jpg?fit=388%2C283&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8561"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10063,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8561\/revisions\/10063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}