![]() But we know this: By the time the proverbial sirens came blaring, someone had time to hide the body.Īs best we can tell it, this is the story of the Montauk Monster. Few of us may ever know for sure what really happened. In that brief period of relative quiet, tales of Viking funerals, grave-robbings, and alleged Photoshop hijinks whispered among the shadows of the Montauk dunes, away from the spotlight’s glare. It would be two weeks before the beast landed on the radar of New York City media the Gawker post was published on July 29. It’s been credited to Jenna Hewitt, who was joined by her friends Rachel Goldberg and Courtney Fruin when they reportedly stumbled on the carcass during a leisurely day at the beach. To the best of our knowledge, the infamous photo was taken on July 12, 2008. Then and now, the story of the Montauk Monster is a slippery one to try and make sense of it is like trying to hold a cupful of sand in your fist. At the time, all that I cared to know was What in tarnation is this thing ? And then, later: Where is it ? I don’t remember doubting for a second that the creature in the photo existed whatever it might be, it was real. Like most of us, I first saw the photo by way of the Gawker story. All anyone could agree on was that they had never seen anything like the Montauk Monster before. Was it a pitbull mercilessly defeated in an illicit dogfight? An escaped mutant from a mysterious animal disease research center on nearby Plum Island? A raccoon robbed of its fur in a postmortem tumble through the sea? A turtle without its shell? But turtles don’t have teeth, and dogs don’t have dinosaur beaks.
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