Montauk Monster: Difference between revisions

Her color photograph ran in black and white, signifying a complete miscalculation or hoax under the headline "The Hound of Bonacville" (a take-off on the name [[Bonackers]], which refers to the natives of East Hampton, and ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' which is a book in the [[Sherlock Holmes]] series). The light-hearted article speculated that the creature might be a [[turtle]] or some [[mutant]] experiment from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center before noting that Larry Penny, the East Hampton Natural Resources Director, had concluded it was a [[raccoon]] with its [[Maxilla|upper jaw]] missing. The article concluded that "someone took it away... to be buried... we hope."<ref>[http://www.indyeastend.com/PicPaperBody.lasso?-token.issue=2008-07-23&-token.page=10 - The Hound of Bonacville - The Independent - July 23, 2008]</ref> A local newspaper quoted an unidentified woman, who claimed that the animal was only the size of a [[cat]], and had decomposed to a [[skeleton]] by the time of the press coverage. She would not identify its location for inspection.<ref name=Henderson>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsday.com/news/local/suffolk/ny-limont5787623aug03,0,6128341.story |title=Montauk residents proud of their 'monster'|first= Nia |last = Henderson |format= |work=[[Newsday]] |accessdate=2008-08-03|date=2008-08-03}}</ref> Hewitt's father denies claims that his daughter is keeping the body's location a secret.<ref name=Henderson/>