Still Waters Posted March 27, 2012 #1 Share Posted March 27, 2012 "I thought it was a dead possum until I saw it's feet."That's what First Coast resident Paul Lovely told First Coast News about the creature he found washed up on the banks of the Saint Johns River Wednesday. Lovely said the awful odor coming from the carcass is what caught his attention. That is, until he saw it.Once he did, he was fascinated by the creature's odd features. "Other than it stinking like God Almighty knows, just the weird feet, how long the legs are, and it's got a kind of weird-looking head but it could be just cause it's rotted off some, but I don't know how to explain those feet. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitruvian12 Posted March 27, 2012 #2 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I think the comments on the article nailed it right away. Its clearly a dog. front legs have been repostitioned so that the shoulder blade is where the feet should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javid86 Posted March 27, 2012 #3 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hoax all the way. The first thing that came to mind when I saw this was P.T Barnums Fiji mermaid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffSplitkins Posted March 27, 2012 #4 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Amazing how all the flesh on the legs and feet are gone but this one mysterious piece remains on all four limbs? Hiding the joint connection more than likely so you cant see the hoax right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted March 27, 2012 #5 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I dont think it looks real ... The fur bits at the joints cover any articulations,which is bizarre,especially on all four joints. The flippers look plastic The teeth look fake too. The actual carcass looks like a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGirl Posted March 27, 2012 #6 Share Posted March 27, 2012 it looks like a dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhantomFlanFlinger Posted March 27, 2012 #7 Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) Im going to go with something so far out that i dont think people would have heard of one.....................Hyrax.....!!!.... . Edited March 27, 2012 by BrianPotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Englishgent Posted March 27, 2012 #8 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Im going to go with something so far out that i dont think people would have heard of one.....................Hyrax.....!!!.... . Yep. I bet it's that helicopter shadow from the Japan tsunami. Tailor was right all along! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafterman Posted March 27, 2012 #9 Share Posted March 27, 2012 A minimal amount of critical thought by anyone looking at it should tell you it's a hoax. -how many examples of 'bone flippers' are there in nature? I can't think of any off the top of my head. -where exactly would this creature live? Land? Water? It doesn't seem it would do very well in either environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoff Posted March 27, 2012 #10 Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) Im going to go with something so far out that i dont think people would have heard of one.....................Hyrax.....!!!.... . It's a perfect fit. The teeth are horse like at the front, suggesting a kind of vegetation grazer. Maybe this is a 'water horse' and paddles underwater to feed on riverweed. The three toed paddle feet seem to good to be true. The huge neck muscle looks convincing too. This fits with the thick-neck dogman/bighairyman eye-witness accounts. If it's a fake, it's an *extremely* good one.I'd guess a female. I bet they have trouble locating the sex organs. (The hyrax have them internally, male and female apparently) Edited March 27, 2012 by tailormaneinafog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted March 27, 2012 Author #11 Share Posted March 27, 2012 It's not a hoax. I've just found this - 'Creature' Mystery Has Been Solved http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/248959/483/Creature-Mystery-Has-Been-Solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhantomFlanFlinger Posted March 27, 2012 #12 Share Posted March 27, 2012 (edited) It's a perfect fit. The teeth are horse like at the front, suggesting a kind of vegetation grazer. Maybe this is a 'water horse' and paddles underwater to feed on riverweed. The three toed paddle feet seem to good to be true. The huge neck muscle looks convincing too. This fits with the thick-neck dogman/bighairyman eye-witness accounts. If it's a fake, it's an *extremely* good one. I'd guess a female. I bet they have trouble locating the sex organs. (The hyrax have them internally, male and female apparently) Good on ya Tailor......ive said it before and i'll say it again...you always put a smile on my face with your theories and i dont mean that to sound like im an @rse..... ... Edited March 27, 2012 by BrianPotter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoff Posted March 27, 2012 #13 Share Posted March 27, 2012 It's not a hoax. I've just found this - 'Creature' Mystery Has Been Solved http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/248959/483/Creature-Mystery-Has-Been-Solved Okay, I see the shoulder blades now and how they've been turned around. I thought the 'feet' were in plastic bags when I first looked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoff Posted March 27, 2012 #14 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Good on ya Tailor......ive said it before and i'll say it again...you always put a smile on my face with your theories and i dont mean that to sound like im an @rse..... ... No probs. You're the best of the bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted March 27, 2012 #15 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Im not saying it's not part of a real carcass,but shoulder blades dont reverse themselves on their own. Someone took it apart and put it back together,to look like something other worldly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhantomFlanFlinger Posted March 27, 2012 #16 Share Posted March 27, 2012 No probs. You're the best of the bunch. Hey...you could have the last laugh on us all Tailor...you never know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora7321 Posted March 27, 2012 #17 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hey, wow! That's my neck of the woods! I watch the news every morning and evening, as well as read news articles all day long. First I've heard of it. After seeing the pictures I can see why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoParanormal Posted March 27, 2012 #18 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Pretty awesome article. Before Still Waters posted the find about what it is, I was leaning towards Dog or some mammal of the Canine family as well as most everyone here. The jaws, teeth, biological build fit too perfectly. Then once Still posted that article It was really easy to see the "flippers" as shoulder blades. Thanks Still for finding that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoParanormal Posted March 27, 2012 #19 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Okay, I see the shoulder blades now and how they've been turned around. I thought the 'feet' were in plastic bags when I first looked! lol I thought the same thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoff Posted March 27, 2012 #20 Share Posted March 27, 2012 lol I thought the same thing! Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKES3 Posted March 27, 2012 #21 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Im not saying it's not part of a real carcass,but shoulder blades dont reverse themselves on their own. Someone took it apart and put it back together,to look like something other worldly. I agree with this comment. Someone flipped the legs to make it look like webbed feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted March 27, 2012 #22 Share Posted March 27, 2012 As someone who's come across bones in the woods many times, I recognized that the "feet" were the shoulder blades right off. I appears to be a dog to me, and a rather young one. No chipped teeth or yellowing of the teeth. Probably some kids found it and had a joke on the guy that reported it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitruvian12 Posted March 28, 2012 #23 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Okay, I see the shoulder blades now and how they've been turned around. I thought the 'feet' were in plastic bags when I first looked! You see it now that the second article explained what most everyone else agreed on already. Without that article you would have been well into the ridiculous line of reasoning you were starting with here. Just like the mammoth crossing the river, you were adamant that was real untill it was proven fake, then you slink away. When will you concede how incredibly poor your judgment of video and pictures is? Youve gone on about how you have a natural gift for spotting wildlife, perhaps you should try to develop your ability for spotting obvious fakes instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaraKitty Posted April 18, 2012 #24 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Poor dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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