© iamjohndavid11 / InstagramSea cow or monster from the deep?
Photos of a 4.5-meter bloodied carcass covered in white hair went viral after washing up on one of the Dinagat Islands in the Philippines on Wednesday.
Officials told local media that "it is likely that the carcass was that of a sea cow, based on skin found near the shore," reported Science Alert, in an attempt to calm locals ready to arm themselves against an onslaught of monsters readying to attack from the sea.
The alleged "sea cow" wasn't alone in coming to shore, though, with locals in Agusan del Norte, over 200km from the Dinagat Islands, waking up to find a nightmarishly long serpent-like creature on their beach.
Several meters long and with an eyeball seemingly capable of staring into the human soul, the demonic ocean creature is in fact an oarfish, according to marine experts. The oarfish is rarely seen due to its usually deep residence of up to 1,000 meters under the ocean.
National Geographic reports that the elusive fish has made several appearances in recent weeks in the Philippines. This is usually due to unknown changes in the deep ocean pushing a group of them to the surface, where they can't handle the different water conditions and die.
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I think I know what it is. It is a Giant Mop used by E,T,'s to Sweep Up whale sh*t from the base of the Marianas Trench.
But seriously, there once was a giant, healthy large population of Stellars Sea Cows about 8 meters and weighed ten tons/about that size. They too had no hair and certainly not white dreadlocks. (From the time of their first discovery by the white man 1768, until their extintion by 1795 was 27 years. Argh!)
R.C.