Reportedlyobservedonmultipleoccasionsbycrewmembersofgovernment-operated "whaleresearch" ships, theseso-called "Ningenaresaidtobecompletelywhiteincolourwithanestimatedlengthof 20 to 30 meters.
Eyewitnessesdescribethemhaving a human-likeshape, oftenwithlegs, arms, andevenfive-fingeredhands. Sometimestheyaredescribedashavingfinsor a largemermaid-liketailinsteadoflegs, orevententacles.
Theonlyvisiblefacialfeaturesaretheeyesandmouth. Accordingtooneaccount, crewmembersondeckobservedwhattheyinitiallythoughtwas a foreignsubmarineinthedistance.
Whentheyapproached, however, itbecameclearfromtheirregularshapeofthethingthatitwasnotman-made--itwasalive. Thecreaturequicklydisappearedunderwater.
ItwascaughtinthenetoftheZuiyō Maru, a JapanesetrawlerfishingoffthecoastofNewZealandin 1977 anditscrewquicklylabeleditNyū Nesshii – ‘NewNessie’.
Fearingitmightspoiltheirfish, thecaptainunfortunatelyresolvedtothrowthecarcassbackintotheocean, butnotbeforetaking a fewsamplesofboneandtissueandsnappingseveralphotos.
NewNessieweighedalmosttwotonsandmeasuredaround 32 feetinlength. Ithadfourlargefins, a longneckandtailbutlacked a dorsalfinandinternalorgans.
Theirdiscoverygenerated a veritable ‘plesiosaurcraze’ inJapanandthefishingcompanydispatchedallofitsvesselsinsearchofthecarcassbutdespitetheeffort, theywereunabletorelocateit.
NoteveryonewasconvincedtheZuiyo-marucarcassbelongedto a creaturethathadbeenofficiallyextinctfor 66 millionyears.
MostskepticsclaimedNewNessiewasinfacttheremainsof a baskingsharkandcitedthefactthatduringtheearlystagesofdecomposition, thissharklosesitslowerjawaswellasitsdorsalandtailfin.
Inabsenceofdecisiveevidence, thetruenatureofNewNessieremains a questionofbelief.
MontaukMonster
MontaukMonsteris a mysteriousanimalcarcassthatwasdiscoveredon a beachinMontauk, NewYorkinJulyof 2008. A photographoftheanimalspreadquicklyonline, leadingmanytospeculateaboutwhichspeciesthecreaturebelongedto.
Thebloatedcreatureappearedtohavethebodyof a mammalandtheheadof a bird. Itlackedanupperjawandhair, whichmadeidentifyingitverydifficult.
Whilesomebiologistsspeculatedthatitmighthavebeen a raccoon, othersrefutedthisclaimbypointingoutthat a raccoonhasmuchshorterlegs.
Somewentasfarassuggestingthecreaturewas a geneticallymodifiedspecimenthathadescapedfromMontaukAirForceStation, addingtothemysterysurroundingthefacility.
Nobodyknowswhatbecameoftheremains.
Trunko
Tothisday, nobodyknowswhatthisseamonsterwas. FirstspottedoffthecoastofMargateinSouthAfricain 1924. Thiscryptidwasengagedin a battlewithtwokillerwhalesatthetime.