Mysterious Earth

Well, probably not, but this is SO cool!

From Daily LOLZ

Well more photos of the “Montauk Monster” have been published. Now these new photos look like they were taken at a totally different time of day than the original photo (and quite possibly with a different camera as well).

Here’s one of the new photos:

While we originally blurted out “turtle” – this obviously is not a turtle! Plus our commenter John pointed out how it could not be a turtle as a turtle’s spine is attached to its shell. Thanks for the information John!

You can see the rest of the photos at Cryptomundo.

Now this – well after further examination – looks like a bloated decaying dog.

Well this one is apparently all over the internet.? A creature washed up on the beaches of Long Island New York in the Montauk area.

Wild theories abound…but this has got to be the very best one of all:

We don’t to panic anyone, but a minion of Satan just washed up on a beach in Montauk, New York. The beast looks a bit like a dog with the sharp beak of an eagle, or possibly a shell-less turtle with the dark eyes of a griffin. Either way, it’s definitely a portent of the coming apocalypse.

This quote was found at KRLD originally from a British site Asylum. Of course, these are most likely the type of folks who see Jesus and Mary in their toast.

Here’s the “mysterious” Montauk Monster:

And here’s a map of the area where this beast washed up:

Now we here at Mysterious Earth ain’t the most erudite folks on this planet, but our money is that this is a turtle without a shell (granted bloated from being in the water). Look at the front “hands” and the beak – photoshop a shell over this thing and you have a turtle!

Well it’s the festive time of the year so Mysterious Earth though we would provide you with a little crypto-themed humor today.

Surely you’ve all seen the Messin’ With Sasquatch videos? Well, this one is totally off the chain hilarious!

A few days ago, Mysterious Earth reported on the Beast of Bolivia.? As the Beast of Bolivia was encountered near the roots of Mysterious Earth in southeastern North Carolina – well, there’s a lot of interest in this creature.

Cryptomundo has published a photo of tracks purported to have been left by the Beast of Bolivia.

Commentary on Cryptomundo points to a coyote.

Well, our untrained eyes almost immediately thought “dog” when looking at the tracks in the photo.? But a coyote?? Mauling a pit bull?

More likely this creature is more akin to the Turner Beast – a large wild dog or a domestic dog/coyote mix.

Read the entire Cryptomundo article.? There’s some excellent cross analysis of common animal footprints as well.

Bolivia North Carolina, that is..

The roots of Mysterious Earth lie in the fertile farm grounds of southeastern North Carolina, so you can be sure that an alleged mauling by a mystery beast in Bolivia, North Carolina gets our mysterious minds working overtime.

For those note familiar with the area, here’s a map:

View Larger Map

Apparently, this beast mauled a pit bull. Now there’s not a lot of creatures native to southeastern North Carolina capable of mauling a full grown pit bull.

The Associated Press reports:

The county’s animal control agency investigated the animal’s tracks, droppings and other clues but couldn’t determine what attacked the dogs. Locals call the unknown animal the Beast of Bolivia.

Locals are calling this thing the “Beast of Bolivia”. Three inch paw tracks were reported.

Any theories?

Read the full Associated Press report.

The History Channel’s Monster Quest show on Wednesday, December 5th, dealth with the so called “Turner Beast” – mutant canines and all that jazz.

Frankly, we don’t really understand what all the uproar is about – this thing got an entire hour of TV?

Look at this picture:

Looks like a half-chow half-something else to our untrained eyes.

Oh wait, DNA analysis on this “beast” confirmed it was a domestic dog! Oh REALLY???

Here’s Turner Maine on a map:

Read even more details over at Cryptomundo.

Back in July, we reported about the finding of an alleged chupacabra near Cuero, Texas. A little uneducated speculation on our part pronounced this creature as simply a mangy coyote.

Turns out our speculation was correct. Well, maybe not the mangy part…but we were dead on about the coyote part.

The San Antonio Express-News reports that the DNA results are in. The DNA testing was financed by San Antonio TV station KENS.

The results? The chupacabra is a coyote!

Biologists at Texas State University announced Thursday that they’ve identified the hairless, doglike beast whose carcass was discovered near Cuero in late July.

The mystery creature gained fame as possibly the mythical “chupacabra.” But thanks to DNA testing, science has gone beyond legend and provided a definitive answer.

It’s a coyote.

“The DNA sequence is a virtually identical match to DNA from the coyote,” Mike Forstner, a Texas State University biologist, said in a news release Thursday night. “This is probably the answer a lot of folks thought might be the outcome. I, myself, really thought it was a domestic dog, but the Cuero chupacabra is a Texas coyote.”

Read the complete article.

This is a real creature from the depths of the South Atlantic ocean.  If only H. P. Lovecraft were alive today – think of the story he'd concoct about this creature!

More information on this bizarre find: Promachoteuthis sulcus

THUNDERBIRD SITE LIST: Giant Birds and Other Flying Creatures In Fact and Legend

A set of links dealing with thunderbirds and other mysterious flying creatures – could be worth a visit just to see what folks out there are seeing and saying.

BTW, we haven't seen any mysterious flying creatures….well, there was that time with that case of beer…