Moscow Monster predated Montauk Monster by two years!

This corpse is rumored to have been in the possession of the Russians for two years.  (Image via EnglishRussian.com)

New information is surfacing that the famed "Montauk Monster," the dangerous, weird-looking and still-unidentified creature that washed ashore in the Hamptons this summer, may be only the latest in a longer line of weird unidentified monsters washing ashore around the globe. 

In 2006, a little-noticed entry was posted to EnglishRussia.com, a blog that catalogs strange and interesting photos from our neighbor that you can see from Alaska. That photo essay showed the carcass of a strange, reptilian creature that some "Russian soldiers" had found on a beach on the island of Sakhalin. But just what kind of creature is impossible to say. 

Witnesses.  Who are they?

"According to the bones and teeth -- it is not a fish," wrote the fellow who posted the photos. "According to its skeleton -- it’s not a crocodile or alligator. It has a skin with hair or fur."

Well, where is the specimen, then, so the rest of us, including maybe some scientists, can look at it?

"It has been said that it was taken by Russian special services for in-depth studies."

Drat! Those Russian special services guys have had this thing for over two years, and no results? Is this creature really that super-secret? When will we know the real story of this Moscow Monster*, and is there any connection to the Montauk Monster, either evolutionary or familial -- or perhaps between the people who made each of them up?

I've contacted the documentarians at EnglishRussia.com and am awaiting a response.

*Moscow is thousands of miles away from Sakhalin but it seems possible that the monster could have migrated from there, like to die or something.

— David Sarno

Comments

[Scandalous Candice]

The Montauk Monster is Zuul from the Ghost Busters.

"There is no Dana, only Zuul!!"

[Truth Seeker]

The word monster is used by the uneducated to identify something unknown.
What this looks like to me (from this low res photo) is some kind of land animal. It looks like the teeth are more vegetarian than carnivore and the apparent hoof to the left of the head would indicate that it walked on land. It was probably frozen in ice and due to global warming appeared on the beach. Could be a new species though.

[cybele]

Oh, please, this was debunked at the time.

It's a whale, probably an Orca.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Orca_Schaedel_Senckenberg.jpg

Why repeat this stuff? Let's use plain old logic, what sort of large animal regularly washes up on beaches?

And it wasn't little noticed, it was on BoingBoing and lots of cryptid sites.

Seriously? Moscow Monster? Sakhalin Island is in the Pacific.

[Jason]

Can't wait till these things start attacking swimmers. Until then, I will have to say "fake".

[stew]

Jesus Christmas cakes ya'll, it's a damn dolphin...this is so old...

[rikitikitavi]

the hamptons "monster" episode was a bit used to amp up a movie that's in the works, there were tons of articles on the stunt on google and digg.....

[Konrad]

I know it looks like a Dolphin Skeleton, Stew....but that isnt the head of a Dolphin or the teeth of a Dolphin.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanmelmel/2805449290/

The body is spot on, but unless Dolphins have molars and stopped having a "beak like" snout, that is no dolphin.

[Greg]

I''m disappointed to see the once respected "Los Angeles Times" name attached to this ridiculous "story".

[AmirHossein]

http://amir97522.blogspot.com/2008/10/shiraz-fish-market.html

Shiraz, Iran fish market photo

[john]

looks like a leopard seal to me.

[Glenn]

A Skegsis from the Dark Crystal perhaps?

[@cybele]

A whale with fur? Where's your logic now?

[rick]

I wonder if Sarah Palin has seen one of these since she can see Russia from her house. She probably knows all about it.

[Inp]

There you go: http://www.skullsunlimited.com/beluga_whale_skull.html

[Inp]

@cybele: There is no fur on that skeleton.

[cybele]

To those who have mentioned the fur thing ... go look at a rotting creature on the seashore sometime and tell me that doesn't look like fur.

When you see hoofprints think horses, not zebras.

[laurie]

dont you think that maybe it is prehistoric and now with the ice shelves melting, maybe they were frozen in there.

[amazing]

looks very similar to the images on http://www.stuffididlastnight.com
anyone else think so?

[Jared Carson]

it definitely looks like this beluga whale skeleton.

http://www.skullsunlimited.com/beluga_whale_skull.html