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Unseen "Muck Monster" might become Florida's Loch Ness
A mysterious ripple in the waters near West Palm Beach has been given a name—the "Muck Monster"—and attracted so much attention that the Palm Beach County Visitors and Convention Bureau says it has received 4 million Web site hits since the incident was first reported.
City commissioners are hoping that where monsters lead, tourists will follow, so they're meeting today to discuss whether to put telescopes and feeding pellets on a Lake Worth Lagoon dock so visitors can watch and feed the supposed creature.
The thing is—no one has actually seen the Muck Monster yet, as whatever is causing the wake has never breached the surface. We've examined the YouTube video that started it all (check it out below), and think it would take several margaritas before the wake would start to look anything like a monster to us.
What do you think?
By esalkin at 5:51 PM ON 09/14/09
I reported seeing such a creature in the late 70's at the Venice (FL) jetties. I only saw a tail fin about 6-8 feet wide and horizontal like a whale. I was only a kid and no one believed me.
By Orpheus at 6:17 PM ON 09/14/09
It Invisible duck or maybe a bored senior citizen messing with the tourists
By Dr. Malcolm Long at 6:52 PM ON 09/14/09
By goddogx at 7:17 PM ON 09/14/09
i smell a syfy movie lol.
By MikeMarano at 7:25 PM ON 09/14/09
Maybe a bull shark?
By Omen at 7:27 PM ON 09/14/09
OMG!
They have made a sequel to Godzilla.
Run!!!
By JDX at 8:01 PM ON 09/14/09
WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?
By cry4dawn at 9:51 PM ON 09/14/09
Retarded! I've lived on the Florida intracoastal my entire life and I've seen this type of thing a hundred times. Its simply water swirling around as the tides roll in and out around submerged canals. Look at Google Earth sattelite and look at the serpentine canals all along the coastal areas of eastern Florida. Nothing about this video gives me any indication that the ripples are related to anything living.
By cry4dawn at 9:54 PM ON 09/14/09
esalkin, what you saw was probably a whale shark. It is very possible you saw one there and they can fit that description.
By cooblob at 10:46 PM ON 09/14/09
It could be one of many different marine animals, a manatee or turtle are two likely ones.
By Stratos at Bailey Records at 10:46 PM ON 09/14/09
The name Muck Monster is already taken people - try something else. Google Muck Monster and you'll learn of its origins dating back to the 80s in Hartville, OH alongside Boder the Dog.
By punk at 12:47 AM ON 09/15/09
I saw that thing in my bathtub...mysterious ripples coming from my back side
By GQ at 7:20 AM ON 09/15/09
JDX - Don't you just lvoe muck monsters? They're what's called the best of the best.
By Riceball at 1:05 PM ON 09/15/09
"esalkin, what you saw was probably a whale shark. It is very possible you saw one there and they can fit that description."
Except that a whale shark is still a shark and has a vertical tail fin like every other shark. It's called a whale shark because of its size, not its tail.
By Hank Jekyll at 3:04 PM ON 09/15/09
I believe and think its hilarious that they are gonna put feeding stations because what if it eats tourists?
By muadib at 3:34 PM ON 09/15/09
The most interesting thing about this ...and any other "bigfootogopogeyetichupacabranessiechamp" for lack of a postable term ......karap>is that anyone actually believes they are real.from birthers,deathers,bigfoot lochnessyete,etc believers is there any doubt that the country has lost a number of i.q. points over the last 10 years?And some of the responses to this post will be more proof.
By SLICK at 10:08 AM ON 09/18/09
THIS SEEMS LIKE A VERY GIANT FISH THAT THE PUBLIC HAS NEVER BEEN INTRODUCED TO OR IT JUST MIGHT BE THE FINAL SEQUAL TO THE CLASSIC MOVIE JAWS!
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