Although it would be cool beyond belief if it was some kind of unknown animal, if I recall aright the general consensus is that the previous Montauk thingie was a dead raccoon that had decomposed underwater: http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/08/the_montauk_monster.php
Now, that new variety of giant squid that was discovered recently was, indeed, cool beyond belief.
--- On Thu, 5/14/09, Wojtek Sokolowski <swsokolowski at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Wojtek Sokolowski <swsokolowski at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [lbo-talk] Montauk monster
> To: "lbo-talk" <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
> Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 9:56 AM
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> http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-limont1412762172may13,0,500231.story?track=rss
>
> Is that for real, and if so, what is it?
>
> Wojtek
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