Breaking News! Brenda Malloy was walking on Wingaersheek Beach around noon today and discovered this partially eaten crocodile (or alligator) carcass. She estimates its length to have been at least 8′ long, as more than 4-1/2′ of it still remains. What do you folks out there see – crocodile, alligator, baby sea serpent, and where did it come from? It was right above the high tide mark, so if you want to see it, get out there before dark. It is located on the beach in front of the stucco mansion with the red roof.
E.J. Lefavour
Good Morning Gloucester 
yikes
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It’s an Atlantic sturgeon. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon
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Yes, I can see where it could look like an Atlantic Sturgeon – but did you see the big bones it had? Do Sturgeons have bones that large? I think crocodile is probably less likely, but a more exciting possibility.
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Wow! That was quite a find, whatever it was. Love the pictures and I’m completely in agreement that it’s most fun to consider it a croc!
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It could easily have drifted up from Fla. sturgeon do not have bones. Definitely not Alger Hiss there is no way he survived this long up here, besides I think he ended up in a zoo.
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I say it was someone’s pet and it either escaped or they got rid of it
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That’s what my husband I think. How sad if that be the case. What a cool phone call I got from my sis, after she discovered it!! Another exciting day in GLOUCESTER!!!!!
Team Hennessy
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It’s a sturgeon.
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Yikes is right ~ better a sturgeon ~ hopefully ~
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No, this is definitely a baby godzilla. Be glad a sturgeon got it before it got too much bigger.
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Very interesting find. Indeed, from where is it come from?
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Sturgeon.
Might one say, ‘What a croc!’
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If it’s what you think the Steve Winwood song can’t find my way home may fit? 🙂
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Gives second thought to not going in the water again.
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What ended up happening with the carcass?
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My dog Belle has been rolling in that ##@#** thing since last november..
it used to smell something awful and look like maybe a seal.. maybe belle
uncovered the real deal!
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So Barry, what did it look like last November before it decayed, your dog rolled in it and creatures nibbled at it? Do you think it was a seal? With the size of the bones you can see, that would make more sense to me than a sturgeon or a crocodile.
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It’s defiantly not a seal, I work Atlantic harbor seals every day. The features are very similar to a crocodile or alligator, it is possible that someone’s pet was let go or escaped, but if you look at the head, you can see the pectoral fins located right behind the jaw, this is a feature of the sturgeon fish. They are still really rare, and really cool to see, but there have been a lot of sightings in new England’s waters lately. There was a really cool shot of one in the Charles river recently. Very cool to see!
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