Mystery Remains Found On Florida Beach
by Anthony Cormier
The skeleton of a Gulf of Mexico animal, found by siblings Reagan, Rylee and Kyle Robinson of McKinney, Texas has scientists baffled.
A set of bones found on a Longboat Key, Florida beach has stirred a scientific mystery, as scientists and researchers struggle to identify the strange remains.
A family on vacation found half a torso — with a large head and sharp, daggerlike fins last week on the beach.
Mysterious animal skeleton found
Scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory could not come up with a definitive answer. Nor could a taxidermist who prepped the bones so one of the children could hang it in his room.
Professors at the University of South Florida have opined about it — a Goliath Grouper, a red drum — to no avail.
This afternoon, Tiffany Robinson and her children are headed to Bradenton to meet with a paleontology expert for answers.
“It looks like a pterodactyl,” she says. “Of course it’s not. But you never know.”
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alf on Tuesday, July 08, 2008dead fish!!!!!!!!!you freaks!
Marie on Thursday, July 24, 2008I came accross an interesting site to cross-reference with this story. The remains in question may be of a cadborosaurus relative, so names for the region where such bones were first discovered in the earlier part of the century as Cadboro Bay British Columbia.
dragora on Tuesday, January 27, 2009I would have to get a closer look at the skeleton
chuck herzog on Monday, July 13, 2009I found this same skull in a remote area of Lee county. The problem with your photo is that it is upside down. It does have eye sockets and airways.I also have had no luck in identifying the skull.
