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Trunko |
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On November 1, 1922 visitors to Margate, South Africa were witnesses to an extraordinary battle between two whales and a mysterious marine animal covered in snowy-white fur. Unfortunately for the mystery creature, the whales proved too much of a challenge, and the poor choice in adversaries cost the creature its life. Later that night the creatures body washed ashore, showing how truly strange this being proved to be. Measuring a little over 47 feet the creature, dubbed Trunko, possessed a 10 foot tail and was covered in 8 inch fur. However it's most impressive features proved to be the lack of any head, which was replaced by a 5 foot long trunk like appendage. The creature's corpse spent 10 days on the Margate beach in which no scientist gave it the time of day. Finally the sea reclaimed Trunko's body, making a possible scientific treasure lost forever. Furry sea-monster corpses like Trunko's usually prove to be the decomposed bodies of sharks in which the fur is really exposed tissue fibers. This however can't be said in the case of Trunko since the fur was seen by witnesses during it's battle with the whales. There is no known animal which resembles Trunko and since the 1922 sighting no sightings of a similar beast have occurred. - entry provided by Matthew J. Eaton
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