Author Topic: Strange creature washed up on beach  (Read 2710 times)

This is probably fake ,but you can read it any way.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395294,00.html (thats not even fox news)



It was confirmed as a racoon later on.

"WE REPORT, U DECIDE!"

I decided that Fox News is full of stuff.




I decided that this thing is real.

Simply a Photoshop fake.
42% (1627 votes)
It's a real-deal undocumented creature.
37% (1448 votes)
Hmm ... my cat did run away a few months back ... I wonder?
21% (809 votes)

I agree with Photoshop fake

I decided that this thing is real.

Simply a Photoshop fake.
42% (1627 votes)
It's a real-deal undocumented creature.
37% (1448 votes)
Hmm ... my cat did run away a few months back ... I wonder?
21% (809 votes)

I agree with Photoshop fake
well i agree with my cat did run away ;D

Quote from: Lene Paust
I live on Long Island and I am almost certain it is a decaying racoon. It looks about the right size, as its bloated appearence is a natural part of the early stages of decomposition (it even happens to people). If you take a close look at it you will notice that while the head looks rather skull-like, the body appears to be in fairly good condition. This is probably because it was floating with the head above the water, where the flies could get it, while the body was mostly underwater. Then why the lack of hair? Besides the fact that some may have been washed off by the water, the answer is quite simple: disease. You see, here on Long Island, the racoon population is plagued by rabies and mange. In fact, it has become an epidemic. This animal clearly was affected with mange, maybe it also had rabies, this would explain the almost complete lack of hair as well as the cloth tied around its front leg, which strongly resembles the bandages that veterinarians are putting on the animals after giving them shots for diseases as well as for marking them as being treated(the bandage was probably white or a more noticable color, but faded into a grayish color in the water. I personally have seen many racoons with these "arm-bands". Now as for the "beak", I'm going to have to burst a few peoples' bubbles. You see, this is where photoshop came into the picture. It may have been that once the people who found the body and took its picture found out that it wasn't exactly a sea monster, they decided to make a few modifications. Unfortunately for them, their job wasn't exactly flawless. The evidence:

1. Look at the beak, right around the base. If you look close enough you will notice that the beak does not fit seamlessly onto the snout. There is a black curve that is either the edge of the nasal cavity sticking out from behind the beak or a shadow on the beak that doesn't fit in with the rest of the picture. The shadows around the body, including the head, imply that the sun was shining from somewhere to the left of the picture, perhaps about 120 degrees above the horizon this does not apply to the beak. Plus, it's facing the camera at a different angle than the rest of the head.

2. Look at the brow ridge. Around the area around the very bae of the beak are two black dots, one on the side facing the camera, the other barely noticable on the opposite side. The around them are dark yellowish areas that give the impression of (rather cartoonish) eyeballs, even though to the left of the one facing the camera, there is a lighter area that is either the real animal's closed eyelids or its eyesockets which had colored over by photoshop. It should be noted that across the light area is a black line extending from the eyes.

3. In between the two yellowish eyes is a small black area which is attached to both "eyes" as well as the beak. The keen-eyed observer will notice that it follows a different curvature than the rest of the head. The curvature it does follow can easily fit that of a bird's head.

4. This one is my favorite. Look at it's paws. Do you see the long thing extending from them? If you look well enough, you will see that it is a human finger (most likely the middle one). You will also see that the finger, as well as the rest of that leg, has a thick black outline that is obviously not a shadow. Plus, that leg isn't even attached to the body.

5. Right above the red area on the neck is a picture of a yellow lightbulb. You'd see it better in a newspaper photo, but it's still visible in online photos.

My conclusion, some beachgoers took a picture of a dead animal and later used photoshop to turn it into a monster. There are some cartoonish features, such as the lightbulb and the black line I mentioned before, which gives it the appearence of wearing strange glasses, that suggest that the picture was originally intended for nothing more than a few laughs. Bottom line: It's fake.

its me! they got a pic finally lul XD :cookieMonster:


It was confirmed as a racoon later on.
Right...last time i checked racoons didnt have a beak lol

My opinion is photshop magic.

It was confirmed as a racoon later on.
Right...last time i checked racoons didnt have a beak lol

My opinion is photshop magic.

Photoshopped raccoon.