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Mythical, Googly-Eyed Sea Creature Found in Russia
EnglishRussia.com is quickly becoming one of my favorite sites. It regularly features a heavy dose of weirdness from Russia, of course, where "something cool happens daily on 1/6th of the Earth's surface." And below the surface, it turns out.A post on the site yesterday claims a group of fisherman off the coast of the Rostov region captured a strange, stingray-like creature that was "moaning like a human, not as fish, [and] weighed 200 pounds and was rotating its eyeballs." Lovely.
I have no reason to believe this is a hoax, but upon viewing a video they have on the website, I now have my doubts. Something fishy is going on here -- it's skin looks like a rubber glove, and it's face looks too alien-like, like someone was trying to create a mythical underwater creature. Who knows, though -- there's a lot of weird stuff coming out of Russia.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
lear Feb 8th 2007 7:19PM
I have seen this fish before, although I don't remember if it is a ray or a shark.
Most commonly it is associated or passed off regarding mermaid myths....
Thus far my google-fu is weak I will try and provide more details as I dig em up.
jmchez Feb 9th 2007 12:56AM
Yes I have seen this thing before also, although I too don't remember its name. Nothing new to see, move along.
Inkling Feb 9th 2007 12:15PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajidae