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Numradax · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:54 pm Post subject: Canvey Island Monster Essex

This is from my home town in essex

The discovery of the Canvey Island monster remains one of cryptozoology's most bizarre unsolved mysteries.

In November, 1954, several residents on Canvey Island in the UK found the most unusual corpse they had ever seen washed up on the shore. They dragged the body up onto the shore and ran to tell the authorities who brought in two zoologists to study the body. The corpse was described as follows: in bad condition, had hind legs which appeared to be adapted to walking bipedaly, the creature was about 76cm (30in) tall, had five toes which were arranged in a curious horse shoe shape, the foot also had a concave arch, the eyes were bulging, its head was soft and mushy (most likely due to decay or lack of skull), and it was also mentioned to have thick brownish red skin. After examination the zoologists cremated the body and assured the public that there was nothing out of the ordinary. The authorities made no mere mention of it.

That was until August 1955, when Reverend Joseph Overs found another dead creature floating in a tide pool. This body was described to be in much better condition, this specimen was much larger being about 1.2m (4ft), weighed about 11.3kg (25lb). The better condition of the body allowed for details of the face to be studied such as the eyes, nostrils and teeth, and it also possessed very prominent gills. However, there is no mention anywhere of what happened to this body, and no more specimen have been officially examined.

To this date, researchers have no idea as to what the Canvey Island monsters are; crazy theories abound, but no reasonable conclusions can be reached. These creatures have, however, been connected with the rash of U-shaped footprints found in the snow in nearby English counties during the 1850's.

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