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The Stronsay Beast is the name given to a peculiar creature washed up on the shore of Stronsay island in a severe storm in 1808. It was enormous, 55 feet in length, with 6 rudimentary flippers on each side and was apparently attacked by something, judging by the entrails left behind it, half in the sea, which led to the speculation that it might be a species of plesiosaur, judging by it's abnormally long neck. According to an eyewitness, the neck was covered with green skin and was 1/5 the length of the beast.

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  • The Stronsay Beast is the name given to a peculiar creature washed up on the shore of Stronsay island in a severe storm in 1808. It was enormous, 55 feet in length, with 6 rudimentary flippers on each side and was apparently attacked by something, judging by the entrails left behind it, half in the sea, which led to the speculation that it might be a species of plesiosaur, judging by it's abnormally long neck. According to an eyewitness, the neck was covered with green skin and was 1/5 the length of the beast.
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  • The Stronsay Beast is the name given to a peculiar creature washed up on the shore of Stronsay island in a severe storm in 1808. It was enormous, 55 feet in length, with 6 rudimentary flippers on each side and was apparently attacked by something, judging by the entrails left behind it, half in the sea, which led to the speculation that it might be a species of plesiosaur, judging by it's abnormally long neck. Although many scientists now accept this monster as a genus of surviving plesiosaur, others are not so sure, and some consider that it is a basking shark, however, unlike with the Pukehina Predator and the Zuiyō- Maru carcass, this could be anything BUT a shark, and not only because basking sharks are incapable of reaching such a length, but because of it's neck. According to an eyewitness, the neck was covered with green skin and was 1/5 the length of the beast. DNA analysis might give the answer, because one of the finders preserved the remains, but probably will be switched to avoid panic.
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