The following was published by RT on July 01, 2015:

The enigmatic remains of a giant marine animal with a furry tail found in Russia’s Far East have puzzled locals and social media, but scientists have managed to identify the odd creature.

A mysterious sea animal washed ashore near the airport at Shakhtersk on Sakhalin Island this weekend, Sakhalin Media web portal reported on Wednesday. The remains, a few meters in length, featured a furry tail and a huge nose, making it very difficult to identify the creature.

Social media reacted to pictures posted online with a variety of explanations for the appearance of a never-before-seen creature in Russia. While it reminded some people of an ancient dinosaur, the most popular guess was that it was a Ganges River dolphin from India.

“Probably, our summer is so cold that even the Indian Dolphins getting into local waters are covered with fur,” a commentator joked.

However, according to experts, it would be impossible for a fresh water dolphin to survive the swim in the salty ocean. Besides, they don’t have any fur and are smaller in size.

“We have gathered a group of scientists. We studied all the versions and came to the conclusion that the fossils found ashore belong to a whale cub,” Nikolay Kim, Deputy Head of the Forecasting department of the Sakhalin Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, told Sakhalin Media.

Kim added that the cub must have been a giant beaked whale, a species that is quite common for the region, so the discovery is a“no wonder.” Besides, all dolphins and whales are born with a hair coat that disappears with age.

Berardius bairdii, also called “giant bottlenose whales,” is the largest of all beaked whales, reaching up to 12 meters in length, and found in the North Pacific. It is listed in the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).

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Original Posting from (and special thanks to) The Black Vault User OddDuckfor the initial report:

Hey guys I know I am new here but I noticed you didnt have the wierd picture on this site. It is a new story I just found out about there is very little to what is known about it or anything I just have the picture.  If you can find more out that would be great!  Looks like an oarfish swam through fukushima. lol 

“Experts” are saying this is a giant oarfish or a thresher shark.  If you go ahead and look these creatures up you can see that they look nothing like creature dead on that beach.  The oarfish if you look at multiple photos is very long and skinny.  There are no horns on the oarfish.  Then the thresher shark.  It’s a shark with a tail fin?  Come on seriously?!!?

Maria Sanchez of Civil Protection in Cuevas.  This creature was apparently 13 ft from head to tail.  It stunk as well this reminds me of the case that was recently posted here about what people seem to think is a whale carcass.  I am wondering if the Leviathans really did exist.

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By Zachary Davies Boren, The Telegraph

Since its inception in the sixth century, the legend of the Loch Ness Monster has endured unreliable sightings, doctored photos and faked footprints, but a mysterious satellite image has given fresh hope to believers of the elusive Scottish sea creature.

The image, taken by an Apple map satellite, depicts a shadowy form of around 100 feet in length with something akin to flippers in the water of the Loch Ness.

“We’ve been looking at it for a long time trying to work out exactly what it is,” Gary Campbell, president of the Official Loch Ness Monster Fan Club, told the Daily Mail.

“It looks like a boat wake, but the boat is missing. You can see some boats moored at the shore, but there’s one here. We’ve shown it to boat experts and they don’t know what it is.”

After studying the image for six months, and with apparently other obvious explanation, the Club has concluded that shadow is probably the Loch Ness Monster.

“Whatever this is, it is under water and heading south, so unless there have been secret submarine trials going on in the loch, the size of the object would make it likely to be Nessie,” Campbell said.

One of the spotters, 26-year old Andrew Dixon from Darlington, said: “It was a total fluke that I found it. I was looking at satellite images of my town and then just thought I’d have a look at Loch Ness.

The first that came into my head when I saw it was, ‘That’s the Loch Ness Monster’.”

This supposed sighting is the first reported in 18 months, the longest that Nessie has been missing since 1925. All three sightings of the monster in 2013 were all found to be as fake – one was a duck, one was a wave and one wasn’t even taken at Loch Ness.

Source and special thanks: The Telegraph

Case Solved?

The Black Vault user Willease submitted the following, very logical, explanation:

This is what I found regarding the case file with the same name.

First, I enhanced the image…

…then searched for boats of Loch Ness and found this one…

A converted ferry, now tour boat called “The Jacobite Queen”…

http://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/391/jacobite-queen

Here is the same boat found on Google maps between Loch Ness and Loch Dochfour…

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By Nicholas C. | Yahoo Newsroom

Over the years, we’ve seen countless of videos and reports about nightmarish monsters getting spotted doing monster things. Like, for example, this dragon was spotted flying over England. Or thismermaid-like thing which was spotted in Spain. Or this 18-foot creature which was found off the shore of California.

But none of the above will prepare you for what’s been excavated in Vietnam recently. Take a look at the video below.

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