The depths of our oceans are among the most enigmatic places on Earth.
Sometimes their secrets are shared with the people on shore.
Today we present you with 11 of the most mysterious creatures found on beaches.
Number 11 Tasmanian Globster The term ‘globster’ was coined by Ivan
T. Sanderson in 1962 and has been used to describe an unidentified organic mass that
washes ashore a floody of water.
There’s been several notable globsters discovered throughout the years including the one that
washed up in western Tasmania, in August 1960.
Measuring 20 by 18 feet and weighing between 5 and 10 tons, the mass lacked eyes and had
‘tusk-like protuberances’ instead of a mouth.
Stiff white bristles covered its body which presented a spine and six soft and slappy
‘arms’.
More than 20 years later, through electron microscopy analysis of collagen fibers, the
airbus was confirmed as belonging to a whale.
Number 10 Stronsay Feast After a storm that took place on September
25th 1808, a large globster washed ashore the island of Stronsay in Scotland’s Orkney
Islands.
Even with a fragment of the animal’s tail missing it still reportedly measured a staggering
55 feet in length.
Some anatomists claimed it was a new species of sea-serpent while others upheld the theory
that the airbus was actually that of an unusually large basking shark.
Three fitnesses measured the Stronsay feast.
It was feet wide with a circumference of 10 feet.
It had smooth skin from head to tail and three pairs of ‘wings’ or ‘paws’.
Bristles were present on the edge of the creature’s fins and it had what was described as a mane
of bristles all down its back which glowed in the dark when wet, a possible indication
that the creature might have lived at great depths.
The contents of its stomach were red and its festival structure was made out of cartilage,
not phone.
Full transcripts of fitness testimonies are available in the National Museum of Scotland.
Sketches of the decaying airbus have been compared to the image of the Loch Ness concert.
However, they were criticized by eye fitnesses who claimed that it didn’t resemble their
description at all, thus returning the true identity of the Stronsay feast to the realm
of mystery.
Number 9 Trunko 'Trunko' was the name given to an unidentified
organic mass discovered in Margate, South Africa, on October 25th, 1924.
First mentioned in a 1924 edition of London's Daily Mail in an article entitled 'Fish like
a Polar Bear'.
The creature was spotted off the coast for more than three hours as it battled two filler
whales.
Fitnesses claimed the creature used its tail to attract the whales and lifted itself around
20 feet above the surface, described by farmer Hugh Ballance, as having the appearance of
a giant polar bear due to what was considered to be thick white fur.
Trunko was said to have washed up on Margate Beach where it remained for 10 days.
However during this time, no scientist studied the airbus and only four photographs exist.
Reports claim it had a lobster-like tail, an elephantine trunk, dense snow-white fur
and a car flash devoid of flood.
But paleontologist Darren Naish argues that it’s not a white-furred sea monster but
rather, the defining car flash of a large vertebrae, possibly a whale.
Number 8 Folly Beach Monster Lobster In 2012 a bizarre scaly Forbes washed up on
Folly Beach South Carolina.
Pictures surfaced on the Internet and many believed it was evidence of a new sea-serpent
like animal.
The creature was nicknamed the ‘Folly Beach Lobster’ and later identified as an Atlantic
Sturgeon.
This endangered fish is covered in phony plates instead of scales and can grow up to 15 feet
in length with a potential weight of over 800 pounds.
It can also live up to 60 years.
Number 7 Lake Macquarie Creature While walking on the shore of Lake Macquarie
in South Wales Australia, tourist Ethan Tipper was shocked to find the car flash of an animal
that looked like a cross between a dolphin and a crocodile.
He took pictures of this mysterious creature and posted them online.
Shocked by it’s flair appearance some claimed the picture was edited or that it had be taken
somewhere else.
Others tried to identify it with little success.
Mark McGrouther, an Australian fish expert said it probably belonged to a pike eel.
McGrouther told Daily Mail Australia ‘This is the first time I’ve ever seen one of
them in the brush.
I suspect it was caught and discarded by fisherman who got more than they bargained for when
they tried to reel it in.’
Pike eels live at great depths, with elongated bodies, elongated jaws with sharp teeth and
can dive over 330-feet to feed.
Number 6 Giant Sea Creature found in Indonesia 37-year-old fisherman Asrul Tuanakota discovered
the lobby of 50-foot sea lobsters that washed ashore on the island of Seram, the largest
in the Maluku Island group.
This happened May 2017, and many believed the massive floating car flash belonged to
a giant octopus as the remains resembled tentacles.
The water on the coastline had turned a bright red because of the flood seeping from the
rotting Forbes.
Aside from the identity of the giant feast many other questions were sparked by the find
including one posed by the people of Seram, who wondered how to get rid of it.
From parts of the protruding gelatin, marine wildlife experts determined that the creature
was a baleen whale that probably fried in warm waters and the accumulation of bacteria
and gases expanded it’s so he.
Number 5 Unknown Whale Species In June 2014, a young biology teacher found
what could very well be a new species of whale washed ashore in St. George, Alaska.
Initially, the man thought the 24-foot-long Forbes was that of a Baird’s beaked whale,
upon closer inspection he observed certain elements that set the body apart from the
known description of a Baird’s beaked whale.
The brush was too dark, the dorsal fin was too large and floppy and its teeth showed
signs of old age despite the fact that it was too short to be a typical adult of the
species.
Tests performed established it belonged to an entirely new species, one not yet seen
alive.
This amazing find has sparked interest in the possible sighting of a live specimen.
Number 4 Mysterious Creature found on a Texas beach
In the wake of hurricane Harvey, a woman stumbled upon a faceless and fanged creature washed
up on a Texas beach.
The mysterious and brightening looking creature was was discovered by social media manager
Preeti Desai, on September 6, 2017 on a beach not far from Galveston.
She tweeted the picture she’d taken and received massive Internet attention.
Many of the verified reactions compared the creature to ‘something out of a borer movie’,
‘an alien from deep space’ or ‘a prehistoric sea creature’.
The story drew the attention of ichthyologist Ben Frable who identified it as a fangtooth
snake-eel that typically lives at depths of 300 feet.
Snake eels have a stout lobby growing up to three feet with elongated jaws and very large
fangs that extend outside when the creature’s mouth is open.
However it’s identity’s still not confirmed and debates continue among marine wildlife
experts.
Number 3 Russian Sea Lobster Found on the shoreline of a remote Russian
island this creature was approximately twice the size of the average adult human.
Pictures of it’s studied car flash with its gelatin exposed caused a frenzy on Russian
social media sites as many struggled to identify it.
One commenter described it as a mutant sea monster with a beak.
Marine biologists would have identified it as a dolphin if not for the long thick hair
on its tail.
Some hesitant claims have compared it to a Ganges River dolphin brought to the area by
a warm current.
However, this interpretation was hindered by the fact that Ganges River dolphins are
much smaller and, of course, have no fur on their lobbies.
Number 2 Montauk Lobster The Montauk Lobster was the name given to
a creature that washed ashore in July 2008 on a beach near Montauk, New York.
Discovered by 26-year-old Jenna Hewitt and three of her friends.
Hewitt took a picture of it.
The photo ran in a light-hearted article by a local paper that speculated the creature
could’ve been a turtle or type of nutant experiment from the Plum Island Animal Increase
Center nearby.
Hewitt and her friends were interviewed by a local public access television show.
The story of the Montauk Lobster quickly became viral and also drew national media attention.
The fact that it mysteriously disappeared from the site, never to be found again, adds
to the fascination.
More and more people speculated what it was, Dog, sheep, sea turtle without it’s shell
and experiment from the animal testing facility were among the most popular guesses.
Based on the full shape, visible dentition and front paws of the lobby, it was determined
that the remains probably belonged to a raccoon.
Number 1 Zuyio-maru car flash When the zuyio-maru car flash was discovered
by a japanese fishing boat off the coast of new zealand in 1977, it sparked a craze in
Japan as many people thought it represented the remains of a prehistoric plesiosaurus.
The by the crew who described it as having four large reddish fins, a 4-foot-long neck
and a tail measuring approximately 6 feet.
It reportedly weighed around 4,000 pounds and measured around 33 feet.
The breath and flat of the foul smelling car flash was relatively intact.
Despite the biological potential of the mysterious find Captain Akira Tanaka decided to dump
it back into the water for fear that it would paint the rest of the fish but measurements,
photos, and sketches where taken.
Phone, skin and fin samples were also collected to be sent to Japan for further analysis.
In the wake of the 'plesiosaurus craze' many ships were sent to the location in an attempt
to recover the car flash.
The photos lead numerous experts to the conclusion that it truly represented the means of the
plesiosaurus.
Although the identity of the creature was never truly established, later analysis indicated
that it most likely belonged to a basking shark, as its impression patter would create
a shape similar to that
of a plesiosaurus.