History repeats itself...in dog days of summer

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Montauk-Monster, August 2008 -
Another dead dog hyped?
08/08/08 No...a viral marketing scheme

It was August 2006 in Maine.. a strange creature’s carcass was found. Hey, wait a minute. This sounds just like the “creature” just found in the Hamptons’ hyped by Gawker!

In the Sun Journal, August 16 2006: “”It’s the weirdest looking thing I have ever seen in my life,” said Michelle O’Donnell, of Turner. O’Donnell saw the animal run across her property a week and a half ago. “It’s a hybrid mutant of something.””

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History repeats itself…in dog days of summer

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