Mystery Photos: Sea Serpent or Plesiosaur? Name That Carcass! More to Chew On!

Michael Cenedella, the gentleman who took the photos of whatever this carcass is, was kind enough to email me some additional photos of the carcass.

As the circular marks on the carcass are a hot topic of discussion on the original blog entry with the photos, I figured that I would share these photos that show more detail of the marks.

They had been described variously as teeth marks from lampreys, cookie cutter or white sharks, to marks left by someone kicking the carcass. I don’t know why you would want to kick a rotting carcass, but I guess that’s a possibility.

If you had heard the story from one of my co-workers regarding a canoe trip on a river here in Texas, I bet you wouldn’t kick a rotting, beached carcass. To sum up the story, the moral to it was, do NOT, under any circumstances, decide that it would be a good idea to use a canoe paddle to wail on a bloated cow carcass that has wedged itself up against a bridge pillar in the river. Suffice to say, you have never smelled anything quite like the gaseous anomaly that would be emitted from said carcass. So, in summation, kicking the carcass would be "not good."

Maybe with the additional detail, someone may be able to identify the cause of the marks.

Photos copyright Michael Cenedella and are posted with his written consent. Mr. Cenedella upon research, believes the beastie to be a gray whale.

About Craig Woolheater
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005. I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films: OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.

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