What exactly is the Montauk Monster? Your guess is as good as mine. The word on the street is that there’s an USDA-operated animal testing facility nearby. Dig deeper and find out that the Department of Homeland Security plays a role in the facility as well. Here’s a list of their research projects. Hopefully this will shed some light on just what exactly they’re doing over there and how they’re disposing the mutant carcasses…

Update 1: Fake. Damn I feel stupid. A viral marketing gimmick for some Cartoon Network show, Cryptids Are Real.

Update 2: Someone from Texas said it’s a waterlogged Nutria (read the comments below) and after Googling it, I’m convinced. Didn’t Dave Attell do an episode of Insomniac where he drunkenly hunted a bunch of Nutria? That’s sounds kind of cruel after you watch this happy little Nutria family: