Montauk Monster, deux

An alleged 'Montauk Monster' source has allegedly, anonymously confessed to a blogger that the original monster was nothing more than the remains of a raccoon sent to sea in a Viking ritual.

It gets weirder.

The story doesn't explain a second Montauk Monster, now reported as kidnapped.

Here's the story.

Last summer, the carcass of some unidentified strange looking creature was found in the sand by beachgoers in the hamlet of Montauk, the eastern most point of Long Island.

The general consensus was the creature was a fake because only photos of the creature were ever made available. Scientists said it was a latex hoax.

Earlier this year, Montauk-Monster.com, "The Official Montauk Monster Web Site," reported a second hairless, bloated body was found by a local couple in nearby Southold, on the island's North Fork.

This time there was a video, purportedly of the second carcass, but it was shot at night with a flash light, a la, Blair Witch Project. So, of course, it was again difficult to identify the creature.

Recently, Montauk-Monster.com blogger Nicky Papers reported that second carcass was kidnapped and he published a video on his blog, purportedly showing the kidnapping. However, on June 5, 2009 the day after the new story about original monster was published, the Montauk-Monster.com Web site went dark -- likely to put up a counter story. Tune to Montauk-Monster.com.

Back to the first monster.

In a June 4, 2009 blog entry by Drew Grant "A Year Later…The Truth Behind the Montauk Monster, Revealed" Grant says he lunched with an unnamed person who explained the origin of the original monster.

The source says he found a dead raccoon, put the animal on an inflatable child's swim duck, added flammable debris, set it on fire and shoved it out to sea.

Why?

To honor the creature with a Viking funeral.

The unnamed source says what washed ashore last year and became known as the Montauk Monster was actually the charred remains of the Viking raccoon.

Grant's blog entry includes photos, purportedly showing the raccoon being prepared for the Viking burial ritual.
 

First Montauk Monster