The carcass washed ashore around 7 p.m. on Friday night, May 11, local residents claim it is a bad omen
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/05/13
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
(Image taken by local resident)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Outside the town of San Antonio of Oriental Mindoro in the Philippines, the carcass of a strange creature measuring over six meters long, washed up on the beach around 7 p.m. Friday night, May 11.
The long, white, and hairy foul smelling carcass is causing worry among some local residents, with many claiming that the dead mystery creature is an omen that disaster or misfortune is coming for the Philippines.
Such creatures, usually decomposing bodies of large ocean dwelling mammals, are often referred to as “globsters” before they are properly identified. A similar looking creature washed ashore on Dinagat Island in the southern Philippines in February last year.
A local officer with the Fisheries department was quoted by media as saying “For now we can say it is a whale, but the exact species is still unknown.” The body measures, 6.1 meters long, 1.2 meters wide at one end. and .6 meters wide at the other end, reports the Daily Mail. [FULL STORY]