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            Mystery as monster sea creature washes up on beach after Hurricane Harvey                    </h1>

        
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            <time pubdate datetime="2017-09-13T12:25:00Z">Published <span>13th September 2017</span></time>
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            &ldquo;On first glance it looked like something from the deep sea to me&rdquo;
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    <p>The freakish creature was spotted decaying on a US beach in Texas City, Texas, once the superstorm had cleared.</p><p>The monster &ndash; similar to something from horror movie It &ndash; 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></section>
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    <p>She said: &ldquo;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>&ldquo;I&rsquo;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: &ldquo;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></section>
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