#stronsay beast

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The Stronsay Beast was a globster that washed ashore on the island of Stronsay, Scotland, in 1808. A newspaper called The Orcadian described it as such: “Its flesh was described as being like 'coarse, ill-coloured beef, entirely covered with fat and tallow and without the least resemblance or affinity to fish'. The skin, which was grey coloured and had an elastic texture was said to be about two inches thick in parts.”

The mysterious carcass was said to measure in at 55 feet long and even then, it was missing the end of its tail so it would have been longer. Researchers believe that the creature could have been a decomposing basking shark. The largest recorded basking shark was around 40 feet long. If the Stronsay Beast was a basking shark, it would have definitely been an incredible discovery being that large.

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On This Day in Cryptid History

September 25th: In 1808, a large globster washed ashore on Stronsay, an island in the Orkney Islands. Those who observed it claimed it belonged to a sea serpent, and was given a scientific name. However, it was later determined that the body most likely belonged to a Basking Shark.

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drew this lil fella based on the Stronsay Beast. Totally a real monster and not a decomposing shark carcass...

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The Stronsay Beast is a globster that was discovered on the island of Stronsay in Scotland's Orkney Islands in September 1808. It was fifty-five metres in length, though it was speculated that the carcass was incomplete.

The Wernerian Natural History Society could not identify the carcass. The naturalist Patrick Neill even gave it a scientific name; Halsydrus pontoppidani, or Pontoppidan's sea-snake, after the author Erik Pontoppidan. Though it was widely believed to be a type of sea serpent, it was speculated that the Stronsay Beast was actually the badly decomposed corpse of a basking shark.

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WEEK 90: THE STRONSAY BEAST

If you're a knitter, you may be familiar with the Geek-A-Long: every year, the website Lattes and Llamas offers patterns for double-knit blanket squares based on things geeks love, like TV shows and video games. My version is the Crypt-A-Long, which is exactly like the Geek-A-Long but features aliens, monsters, and folktale beasts. Hit up the website for instructions. My charts should fit into their patterns just fine, and they sell lovely hand-dyed yarn!

Here we have another creature the ocean spit up on our doorstep and left us to puzzle over. This one was found on some rocks off Stronsay Island in the Orkneys, in 1808. It appeared to be a long-necked, six-limbed, shaggy prehistoric monster, but was eventually identified as the badly-decayed carcass of a large shark. Some filter-feeding sharks just naturally rot into Loch Ness Monster shapes when they die, which is probably proof that nature enjoys fucking with us.

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THE SIX-LEGGED SEA SERPENT OF STRONSAY - STILL BASKING IN CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL CONTROVERSY?

ShukerNature explores cryptozoology & animal mythology - bigfoot, chupacabras, yeti, vampires, sea monsters, Nessie, sasquatch, dragons, mys

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Stronsay Beast

Turning his little boat, and watched by another Stronsay man, George Sherar, Peace made his way to the carcass. But what he found was unlike anything he had encountered before. Lying on the rocks were the remains of a large serpent-like creature, with a long, eel-like neck and three pairs of legs.

At the time, the corpse was inaccessible, so closer examination was impossible. However, ten days later, one of Orkney's notorious gales blew the decomposing remains ashore, where they were found just below the high water mark.

Sherar now had his chance to examine the corpse, which he did - meticulously studying it and measuring the dimensions of the "sea monster".

The beast was described as serpentine, measuring exactly 55 feet long, with a neck measuring ten feet three inches long. The head was like that of a sheep, with eyes bigger than a seal's. Its skin was grey and rough to the touch. However, if stroked from the head down the back, it was said to be as "smooth as velvet".

Six "limbs" extended from the body and a bristly mane of long, wiry hair grew from the beast's shoulders, down to its tail. These silver coloured bristles were said to glow eerily in the dark.

"Its flesh was described as being like 'coarse, ill-coloured beef, entirely covered with fat and tallow and without the least resemblance or affinity to fish'. The skin, which was grey coloured and had an elastic texture was said to be about two inches thick in parts."

Account of the Stronsay Beast as reported in The Orcadian newspaper.

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743: Stronsay Beast

Would a third set of fins be that useful?

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