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| CURIOUS CARCASSES: This particular branch of the cryptozoological tree offers one of the most exciting elements in any scientific field of inquiry - tangible evidence. Although one can not argue that scientists have offered many of these mystery corpses more prosaic interpretations then that of a "monster", there are some carcasses - most of which have been verified, chronicled and sampled - that simply defy any easy explanations. These unusual remains have been discovered on roadsides and forests and have washed up on ocean and sea shores worldwide - usually after a major storm or marine calamity - and are often recovered by fishermen, tourists or children, some of whom have (thankfully) had the presence of mind to alert some scientific authority, such as a local museum. More often than not these decaying denizens of the deep seem unbelievable to the pedestrian eye, and those who have had the fortune to accidentally stumble upon these temporary graves are a truly privledged few. Many times these animals bear features which have rarely been catalogued - outside the realms of legends or Paleontological studies - and have, of course, never been witnessed in their natural environments. The simple fact that these carcasses exist at all is a testament to the vast pantheon of legends regarding Sea-Serpents, Kraken and other bizarre animals, which have sprung up across the globe since the dawn of civilization. They serve as tangible and irrefutable evidence that there are animals on - and below - the surface of this Earth which we have not even begun to comprehend. |