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Storm Hits South Jersey

I’ve never experienced one this bad in the eight or so years I’ve lived here in Williamstown, NJ. Hail. Flooded yard. Darn near got the car stuck out in a flooded street long after I thought the worst was over.
Here’s a few pictures. Check out the one with the bed frame, which I was (planning [...]

Montauk Monster: Dogfighting Washout? | Wired Science from Wired.com

Another theorist, Brandon Keim at Wired, goes with the dog hypothesis over at Wired. The second picture to emerge from the story has some more readily identified details.
The “hands” in the first photo, and the longer hair in this photo, has stirred up speculation that it’s a raccoon.
I guess this is our Summer Sensation this [...]

Investigating the Montauk Monster: The Story Deepens! — Daily Intel — New York News Blog — New York Magazine

Jumping right in. What the heck is it?

My bet is is that it’s a dog with the top part of its jaw broken off. Somebody floated this idea (at Gawker, I think). Were it’s paws lashed? Seems to be a sad result of some animal abuse I think.
Investigating the Montauk Monster: The Story Deepens! — [...]

Ban the Homeless!

Precious comment found in response to a Philadelphia Daily News Story “Living the ‘Caveman’ Life,” about a guy living under I-95 in Philadelphia. Readers were mixed in their reaction: he’s a veteran, he’s a bum, he’s a free spirit. One reader suggested the man is living illegally (!) and called for us ban on the [...]