So when he was contacted by a local L.I. couple claiming to have found another “monster”, he had to drive out to the shores of Southold and see it for himself. Nicky was amazed at what he saw, but also disgusted. The lifeless, rotting and unidentifiable corpse smelled something awful. Being the owner of the official montauk monster website, Nicky had to take as many pics and even videos as he could stomach! Check them out here.

The original Montauk Monster, which also washed up on Long Island, was discovered last summer. Experts came to the conclusion that the monster was actually a partially decomposed raccoon, based on it’s bone structure and other physical features. This “conclusion”, of course, is still doubted by some skeptics. Good work, Mr. Papers, and we hope to get some more updates as you learn more!

My good friend and fellow blogger, Nicky Papers, was the first to report the discovery of the second so-called “Montauk Monster” on his website, Montauk-Monster.com. having the most official website on the montauk monster on the web, Mr. Papers get lots of inquires about the beast, and even some about hoaxes.

So when he was contacted by a local L.I. couple claiming to have found another “monster”, he had to drive out to the shores of Southold and see it for himself. Nicky was amazed at what he saw, but also disgusted. The lifeless, rotting and unidentifiable corpse smelled something awful. Being the owner of the official montauk monster website, Nicky had to take as many pics and even videos as he could stomach! Check them out here.

The original Montauk Monster, which also washed up on Long Island, was discovered last summer. Experts came to the conclusion that the monster was actually a partially decomposed raccoon, based on it’s bone structure and other physical features. This “conclusion”, of course, is still doubted by some skeptics. Good work, Mr. Papers, and we hope to get some more updates as you learn more!

Infamous mafia princess, Victoria Gotti, has been trying to sell her Old Westbury, NY mansion since 2005. Since then, the price has dropped from $4.4 million down to $3.2 million. She first put the home up for sale after it was used in the filming of her tv show, “Growing Up Gotti”. The show followed the sometimes-exciting lives of Victoria and her three Gotti sons.

JP Morgan Chase put the Old Wetbury mansion up for foreclosure after Ms. Gotti missed a series of mortgage payments, which were a whopping $25K a month. They report that she still owes around $650,000 on the home, and obviously cannot pay.

The New York Post goes into more depth on Gotti’s foreclosure. For those of you who don’t know the mafia princess, she is the daughter of the late (and great?) mafia don, John Gotti, nicknamed the “Dapper Don”. The 46 year old Victoria stopped making payments for two years straight starting in September of 2006, which eventually led to JP Morgan Chase announcing the foreclosure.

Hashima Island is a small, 15-acre outcropping of rock off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan. Although tiny in size, the island was important in magnitude: It was a major coal mining center for Japan for almost a full century. The island sits atop ­a coal deposit that descends well into the ocean floor beneath. Once it was tapped, Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation purchased Hashima from the local families who owned it in 1890. That’s when the heyday of Hashima Island began.

Since it’s located about 18 miles from Nagasaki, it made more sense for Mitsubishi to build housing on the island, rather than ferry its employees to and from the island every day. Squat concrete apartment blocks were constructed one at a time. Space was at a premium, so the buildings went up instead of out, and families were jammed together in cramped lodging, sharing bathrooms and kitchens.

Amenities like a movie theater, doctor’s office, arcades, restaurants and bars were added later, and the city became a thriving, microcosmic community. The entire complex was linked via underground tunnels. At its peak in 1959, Hashima Island was the most densely populated city on Earth, with 5,259 inhabitants on the small, rocky outcropping [source: Burke-Gaffney]. That’s 835 people for every 2.5 acres.

A massive Basking Shark washed up on Gilgo Beach in Long Island, NY this morning. A far cry from the mysterious Montauk Monster, the shark measured around 20 feet long and weighed about a ton! Crowds gathered around the shark, as the surf tossed around it’s lifeless body on the sand.

Unlike other sharks such as the Great White Shark, the Basking Shark is generally considered harmless, especially to humans. Because of their tiny teeth and the fact that they generally feed on plankton, they’ve never been seen as a threat to swimmers.

Basking Sharks typically hangout in the waters of the Northeast U.S. during the summer months, then head down south to warmer waters once the winter hits. Though they’re common around Long Island beaches and other beaches around the coast, the site of a 20 foot shark washed up on shore is still quite amazing!

My good friend and fellow blogger, Nicky Papers, was the first to report the discovery of the second so-called “Montauk Monster” on his website, Montauk-Monster.com. having the most official website on the montauk monster on the web, Mr. Papers get lots of inquires about the beast, and even some about hoaxes.

So when he was contacted by a local L.I. couple claiming to have found another “monster”, he had to drive out to the shores of Southold and see it for himself. Nicky was amazed at what he saw, but also disgusted. The lifeless, rotting and unidentifiable corpse smelled something awful. Being the owner of the official montauk monster website, Nicky had to take as many pics and even videos as he could stomach! Check them out here.

The original Montauk Monster, which also washed up on Long Island, was discovered last summer. Experts came to the conclusion that the monster was actually a partially decomposed raccoon, based on it’s bone structure and other physical features. This “conclusion”, of course, is still doubted by some skeptics. Good work, Mr. Papers, and we hope to get some more updates as you learn more!

Infamous mafia princess, Victoria Gotti, has been trying to sell her Old Westbury, NY mansion since 2005. Since then, the price has dropped from $4.4 million down to $3.2 million. She first put the home up for sale after it was used in the filming of her tv show, “Growing Up Gotti”. The show followed the sometimes-exciting lives of Victoria and her three Gotti sons.

JP Morgan Chase put the Old Wetbury mansion up for foreclosure after Ms. Gotti missed a series of mortgage payments, which were a whopping $25K a month. They report that she still owes around $650,000 on the home, and obviously cannot pay.

The New York Post goes into more depth on Gotti’s foreclosure. For those of you who don’t know the mafia princess, she is the daughter of the late (and great?) mafia don, John Gotti, nicknamed the “Dapper Don”. The 46 year old Victoria stopped making payments for two years straight starting in September of 2006, which eventually led to JP Morgan Chase announcing the foreclosure.

Hashima Island is a small, 15-acre outcropping of rock off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan. Although tiny in size, the island was important in magnitude: It was a major coal mining center for Japan for almost a full century. The island sits atop ­a coal deposit that descends well into the ocean floor beneath. Once it was tapped, Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation purchased Hashima from the local families who owned it in 1890. That’s when the heyday of Hashima Island began.

Since it’s located about 18 miles from Nagasaki, it made more sense for Mitsubishi to build housing on the island, rather than ferry its employees to and from the island every day. Squat concrete apartment blocks were constructed one at a time. Space was at a premium, so the buildings went up instead of out, and families were jammed together in cramped lodging, sharing bathrooms and kitchens.

Amenities like a movie theater, doctor’s office, arcades, restaurants and bars were added later, and the city became a thriving, microcosmic community. The entire complex was linked via underground tunnels. At its peak in 1959, Hashima Island was the most densely populated city on Earth, with 5,259 inhabitants on the small, rocky outcropping [source: Burke-Gaffney]. That’s 835 people for every 2.5 acres.

A massive Basking Shark washed up on Gilgo Beach in Long Island, NY this morning. A far cry from the mysterious Montauk Monster, the shark measured around 20 feet long and weighed about a ton! Crowds gathered around the shark, as the surf tossed around it’s lifeless body on the sand.

Unlike other sharks such as the Great White Shark, the Basking Shark is generally considered harmless, especially to humans. Because of their tiny teeth and the fact that they generally feed on plankton, they’ve never been seen as a threat to swimmers.

Basking Sharks typically hangout in the waters of the Northeast U.S. during the summer months, then head down south to warmer waters once the winter hits. Though they’re common around Long Island beaches and other beaches around the coast, the site of a 20 foot shark washed up on shore is still quite amazing!

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