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            “On first glance it looked like something from the deep sea to me”
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        Preeti Desai
    
    <p>The freakish creature was spotted decaying on a US beach in Texas City, Texas, once the superstorm had cleared.</p><p>The monster – similar to something from horror movie It – can be seen in photos with its fangs and tail trailing across the sand.</p><p>Preeti Desai, from the National Audubon Society, found the monster lying on the empty beach.</p><p>
        <img class="photo kalooga_12952" src="https://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/33/photos/202000/620x/Tusky-eel-644559.jpg" alt="The beast washed up on the Texas shore" data-w="620" data-h="413"><span class="credit new">PEN NEWS/PREETI DESAI</span>
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        <span class="caption new">FREAK OF NATURE: The sea beast washed up on the Texas shore following Hurricane Harvey</span>
    
        ENORMOUS dead creature washed up on the Devon coast
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            This enormous corpse was found on the Devon Coast, thought to be a baleen whale (a group of whales which includes the 20ft Pygmy Right Whale, all the way up to the 190ft Blue Whale)
            
            
            
        
            
                
                    <img src="https://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/122/photos/294000/900x738/861294.jpg" alt="The dead whale carcass (thought to be a Baleen Whale), washed up on the Devon coast" title="The dead whale carcass (thought to be a Baleen Whale), washed up on the Devon coast" class="loaded hover"><span class="credit">Liam Reynolds / SWNS</span>
                
            
                            
                        
                The dead whale carcass (thought to be a Baleen Whale), washed up on the Devon coast            
        
        
    
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        <img class="photo kalooga_12952" src="https://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/33/photos/238000/tsuky-eel-1074238.jpg" alt="The monster could be a tusky eel "><span class="credit new">PEN NEWS/PREETI DESAI</span>
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            <span class="caption new">ALIEN: The monster could be a tusky eel which lives in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico</span>
    <p>She said: “We were on a beach in Texas City and saw this thing from afar, so I got closer to figure out what it was.</p><p>“I’ve already got a huge interest in wildlife, especially birds and ocean creatures, but it was so unexpected to see it there on the beach. On first glance it looked like something from the deep sea to me."</p><p>She added: “My initial thought was it might be a sea lamprey, but when I got close I realised there was no way that was what it was, particularly based on the mouth.</p><p>
        <img class="photo kalooga_12952" src="https://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/33/photos/239000/sea-monster-1074239.jpg" alt="The beast was swept up during Hurricane Harvey"><span class="credit new">PEN NEWS/PREETI DESAI</span>
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            <span class="caption new">BEAST: The creature was swept up by Hurricane Harvey which wrecked Texas</span>
    
        Scary sea creatures found in Russia 
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            Roman Fedortsov is a deep sea fisherman in Russia. And he’s been taking photos of OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT?
            
            
            
        
            
                
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    <p>“We squished it around a bit, and even turned it over but couldn’t come up with any other ideas.”</p><p>But while no-one is certain what the beast actually was, <a href="https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/643730/uk-spiders-man-opens-door-millions-creatures-floating-in-horror-scary-nightmare-video">Dr Kenneth Tighe of the world-renowned Smithsonian National Museum of National History</a> thinks it may be a fang tooth snake-eel.</p><p>The creature –also known as a tusky eel – is native to the Gulf of Mexico and <a href="https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/644244/Hurricane-Irma-sharks-miami-florida-latest-video-weather-update">lurks beneath the surface where it feasts on bony fish and crustaceans</a>.</p>Related articles</div><div id="csection"><div class="cd-button"><button class="view g mb">COMMENTS</button></div><div class="cd-holder hidden"><textarea class="textinput" onpaste="return false;" wrap="soft" placeholder="Type and share your comment, no spam, no hate, please. Copy & Paste disabled"></textarea><button class="post g"> POST </button><div class="list">Loading</div></div></div><script>var _durl = "http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/644559/sea-creature-alien-beast-hurricane-harvey-storm-gulf-of-mexico-texas-city-pretti-sedai"; var _pn = "Anonymous";</script><script defer src="https://drudgenow.com/static/c.js?a=4"></script></body></html>