Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'montauk'
August 1, 2008
While you were sleeping, the Montauk Monster story kept spinning, this time landing on PlumTV, Newsday and...CNN. In an attempt to reassure a jittery public, the CNN quotes "experts" who say it's either a dog or raccoon; some think it may have washed up from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. Newsday got a hold of another photo, which some people think makes the "monster" look much more canine (maybe that Corwin guy does know......
Continue Reading "Is the Montauk Monster All Washed Up?"July 31, 2008
Yesterday Gawker posted a photo of what quickly became referred to as "the Montauk Monster." Lizzie Grubman jokes were made, spines shivered, conspiracy theorists pondered (the Montauk Project, anyone?), a new internet superstar was born, and most came to the conclusion that the thing that washed up near the Surfside Inn was a bloated turtle without its shell. Or a monster. Now Fox News has brought in the experts (the full clip is after the......
Continue Reading "Expert Claims the Montauk Monster is a Raccoon"
