Montauk Monster Raccoon Theory Twist

php6eALhJPM.jpg The Montauk Monster reared its deteriorating head way before the official start to summer this year, and now Newsday has a new twist on the raccoon theory. They report that Montauk Monster 1.0 "was part of an elaborate summer celebration complete with a makeshift Viking-themed funeral for the animal," according to a 32-year-old Shelter Island man. He said they found the dead raccoon last 4th of July weekend and made it part of the yearly custom on the island called Nanapaushat, where "you gather all the dead (animals) on your property and surrounding area and you cremate them, to celebrate the cycle of birth and death." He declares, "Sometimes it's just a raccoon. It's not from Plum Island, it's not a monster from space. Sometimes the answer is the easiest." Fine, anonymous pragmatist, how do you explain the fact that the deputy town clerk in town has never even heard of this ritual? And what about all those other Montauk Monsters? And this map from Gawker? And all the time that elapsed before speaking up? Back to the drawing board...

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For sure, everybody is talking about Montauk Monster. It is an unidentified living thing, which washed on the shore on the beach near Montauk, New York. Many would still give cash to get to the bottom of the Montauk Monster. The Montauk Monster is a corpse of an animal, severely deformed, that washed up on the shore in upstate New York. The monster's origin is rumored to be everything from extraterrestrial to being from Plum Island, also known as Anthrax Island, is rumored to have been a site of horrific animal experiments. An animal with features like the monster has never before been seen among the living, but many feel its origins will be revealed with the persistence of time.

For sure, everybody is talking about Montauk Monster. It is an unidentified living thing, which washed on the shore on the beach near Montauk, New York. Many would still give cash to get to the bottom of the Montauk Monster. The Montauk Monster is a corpse of an animal, severely deformed, that washed up on the shore in upstate New York. The monster's origin is rumored to be everything from extraterrestrial to being from Plum Island, also known as Anthrax Island, is rumored to have been a site of horrific animal experiments. An animal with features like the monster has never before been seen among the living, but many feel its origins will be revealed with the persistence of time.

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