Man says 30-foot 'monster' lurking in canals of Madeira Beach, page 1
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Topic started on 17-11-2009 @ 07:03 PM by Blueracer
"There's something strange and big swimming in the canals of Madeira Beach along the Pinellas County coast. Those who have seen it say it's no fish and think it could be a sea serpent."

www2.tbo.com...

Video is linked on the news page. Also a forum. Some people think it's just a manatee or an Alligator Gar. Hard to tell from the video. But I'm sure there is a rational explanation. Just the news media trying to sensationalize it by calling it a "monster".


reply posted on 17-11-2009 @ 08:44 PM by ANNED
If its a 30 foot Alligator Gar i would not swim there.

The 5-6 foot ones i caught on trotline in Texas were bad enough.
i have seen photos of 8 to 10 foot gars.
www.garguys.com...
www.garguys.com...
files4.tellmewhereonearth.com...


Took a chain saw and axe to clean them.

Though the fire ants did make fast work cleaning the scales to make
necklaces.

Texans hunt gar with bows as sport.
They are a white meat fish.
Smoked right they taste like smoked salmon

www.garguys.com...


reply posted on 18-11-2009 @ 12:17 PM by ravenshadow13
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But that Wiki article also states that they are the largest "exclusively freshwater" fish. That's just a tad contradictory.


reply posted on 18-11-2009 @ 12:32 PM by ravenshadow13
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How on earth can you say "another Nessie."

I am 99.9999% sure that all of the marine/freshwater cryptids are not the same exact thing.

It could be something like an anaconda. To reach 30 feet, an anaconda would not need to have a genetic abnormality. Specimens of 34 feet have been reported. But anacondas, and most large, aquatic snakes, are freshwater and found in South America. It would need to have escaped from somewhere, most likely, and I don't know how well it could survive in that salinity level. Probably not well.


reply posted on 19-11-2009 @ 04:00 PM by ravenshadow13
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*nods*

I can see how a surfacing manatee could be confused with a snake rolling through the water. The movement is similar.


reply posted on 28-11-2009 @ 11:06 PM by ravenshadow13
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Clearly we don't know every species on our planet. We're finding new ones all the time! Allllll the time.

But it is unlikely that a rather large unidentified species would be present in the upper oceanic zones of a highly populated region. That's just the truth.
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