Pukehina Predator

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A mysterious carcass, named the Pukehina Predator, was washed ashore in New Zealand in June 2014, fueling speculation about sea monsters and dinosaurs. The rotting animal was discovered by a group of people on four-wheel vehicles speeding along the beach in Bay of Plenty.

According to a story in New Zealand’s Sun Live newspaper, “beachgoers were stumped when they came across what they thought was a prehistoric creature on the shore … stretching about 9 meters (30 feet) in length with large teeth and rudimentary flippers.”

Strange_Pukehina_sea_creature — Strange Pukehina sea creature

Footage of Pukehina Predator

According to New Zealand's SunLive, the mysterious remains were found by a group of beach-goers near Pukehina on New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. One of the group posted a video of the so-called "monster" to YouTube on April 28, along with this simple query: "Can anyone identify what it is?" The video captured the imagination of viewers, who suggested in the comments section that the creature could be anything from a saltwater crocodile to a giant moray eel. But according to marine mammal expert Anton van Helden, the carcass is likely the remains of a killer whale.

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A-Mi-Kuk • Á Bao A Qu • Aatxe • Abada • Abaia • Abarimon • Abath • Abatwa • Abbagoochie • Aberdeen Carcass • Abnauayu • Abominable Swamp Slob • Abura Akago • Abura Sumashi • Abyssal Rainbow Gar • Achiyalabopa • Achlis • Adam-ayu • Adam-Dzhapais • Adar Llwch Gwin • Adaro • Adjule • Adlet • Adze • Aepyornis • Afanc • Afonya • African Peacock_(confirmed) • Agogwe • Agrios Anthropos • Agta • Ah-Een-Meelow • Ahizotoul • Ahool • Ahuitzotl • Aiatar • Aidakhar • Air Rods • Aitvaras • Akamataa • Akaname • Akateko • Akerbeltz • Akhlut • Akkorokamui • Akshayavat • Akuchu • Alaskan Giant Polar Bear • Albatwitch • Alderney Yellow Light • Alicanto • Alien Big Cats • Alien Bigfoot • Alien Cosmonaut • Alien Octopoids • Alien Spores • Aliens • Alkali Lake Monster • Allegewi • Allier River Monster • Almas • Alovot • Altamaha-ha • Alula Whale • Amabie • Amali • Amarok • Ambize • Amemasu • Ameranthropoides loys • American Hyena • American Lions • Amomongo • Amphisbaena • Andaman Wood Owl • Andean Wolf • Angeoa • Anjing Ajak • Antmen • Aoyin • Appalachian Chupacabra • Arabian Flying Snakes • Araǵanaqlta’a • Arboreal Abomination • Arica Monster • Arizona Jaguar • Arkansas Gowrow • Arre River Monster • Artrellia • Arzamassian Monster • Ashuaps • Asian Mermaids (Matsyāṅganā and Ningyo) • Aswang • Ataka Carcass • Atlas Bear • Atmospheric Beasts • Atmospheric Jellyfish • Auli • Ausso One • Australian Enigma • Australian raptor • Avagrah • Avians • Axex • Ayia Napa sea monster • Az-I-Wu-Gum-Ki-Mukh-'Ti • Aziza

Babi Ngepet • Badajoz UFO Creature • Bagge’s Black Bird • Bahamut • Bai-Xiong • Bakanga • Bakunawa • Ban-Manush • Banaspati • Banshee • Banyoles Monster • Bar Juchne • Baraboo Platypus • Barbegazi • Bare-Fronted Hoodwink_(hoax) • Barghest • Barguest • Barmanu • Barmouth Monster • Barnacle Tree • Basajaun • Basan • Basilisk • Basilosaurus • Bassigator • Bat Beast of Kent • Batsquatch • Batutut • Beaman • Bear Dogs • Bear Lake Monster • Beast of Bears • Beast of Bevendean • Beast of Bodmin Moor • Beast of Brassknocker Hill • Beast of Bray Road • Beast of Busco • Beast of Dartmoor • Beast of Dean • Beast of Gevaudan • Beast of Sherman • Beast Of Tenby • Beast of the Land Between the Lakes • Beast of Tunbridge Wells • Beaver eater • Beaver Run Snow Gator • Beebe's Abyssal Fishes • Behemoth • Belarussian Shore Muddler • Belorussian Sky Squid • Bennu Bird • Berbalang • Bergkonge • Bergman's Bear • Bermuda Beast • Bermuda Blob • Bessie • Bhoot • Bhootbilli • BiBi • Big Bird • Bigfoot • Bili Ape • Billdad • Biosbardo • Bird Beast of Var • Bitatawa • Black Beast of Exmoor • Black Demon • Black Eyed Children • Black Shuck • Black Demon • Black Stick Men • Blemmyes • Bloop • Blue Crow • Blue Headed Black Bear • Blue Mountains Panther • Bo • Bobo • Boggy Creek Monster • Bohun Upas • Bonnacon • Boqs • Boraro • Borneo's Giant Snakes • Bosh • Boston Bahumagosh • Boston Lemur • Bothrodon pridii • Bownessie • Brazilian Alien Corpse • Brazilian Monkey-Trap Tree • Brosno Dragon • Brownie • Broxa Chupacabra • Bu-Rin • Buffalo Lion • Bugbear • Buggane • Bukavac • Bukit Timah Monkey Man • Bunnyman • Bunyip • Burach Bhadi • Buratsche-Al-Llgs • Burrunjor • Butterfly People

Cactus Cat_(hoax) • Cadborosaurus willsi • Cafre • Calopus • Calygreyhound • Camahueto • Cameleopard • Cameron Lake Monster • Canadian and Cuban Albino Shark • Canadian Chupacabra • Canvey Island Monster • Cape Sable Serpent • Capelobo • Cardiff Giant_(hoax) • Carnivorous Tree • Cassie • Cat-Fox • Ccoa • Cehehe • Centaurs . Cerro Azul Monster • Champ • Changshe • Cherufe • Chessie • Chhattisgarh Spacemen • Chickcharney • Chilean Air Rod • Chilean Blob • Chilihueque • Chisaku • Chiye-Tanka • Chuchunya • Chupacabra • Cigau • Ciguapas • Cipactli • Classic Dragons (Non-Western Cultures) • Classic Dragons (Western Cultures) • Cocollona • Cole Hollow Road Monster • Colin's Mega Snake • Colossal Claude • Conakry Monster • Con Rit • Conakry Monster • Cooncat • Coonigator • Corfu Island Creature • Cosmic Tree • Cow-Eating Tree • Crawfordsville Monster • Crazy Critter of Bald Mountain • Creatures of the Deep Sea • Cressie • Crocodile Frog • Crocodingo_(hoax) • Crocotta • Cuchivilu • Cumberland Dragon • Cumberland Spaceman (Solway Firth Spaceman) • Cussac Aliens • Cuélebre • Cyclops Shark_{(explanation)} • Cynocephali

Dahag • Dahu • Dalby Spook • Dard • Dark Faerie • Das-Adder • Deer Women • Demons • Deridder Roadkill • Devil Bird • Devil Creature of Son Doong Cave • Devil Monkeys • Devil's Lake Monster • Devouring Gourd • Dewayo • Dewey Lake Monster • Dey Loy's Ape • DiJiang • Dingbat • Dingbelle • Dingonek • Diplocaulus • Dirawong • Disco Demon • Dobhar-chu • Dodo • Dogigator_(hoax) • Dominican Macaw • Domsten Blobs • Donestre • Donkey Lady of San Antonio • Doppelgänger • Dover Demon • Dragon • Dragons • Drekavac • Drop Bear • Du • Dublin Lake Monster • Dundas island blackfly • Dunk Island Carcass • Duphon • Dutch Flying Jellyfish • Dwarves

Each-uisge • Eachy • Eastern Cougar • Easthaven Sea Serpent • Ebu Gogo • El Cadejo • El Cuero • El Yunque Chupacabra • Elephant Humanoid • Elmendorf Beast • Eloko • Elwetritsch • Emela-Ntouka • Encantado • Enfield Horror • Enkidu • Ennedi Tiger • Euroa Beast • European Wildman.

Fear Liath Moor • Fearsome Critters • Feathered Serpent • Fei Lian • Feishu • Feiyi • Felixstowe Fire Demon • Fern Flower • Fifty Foot Congo Snake • Fiji Mermaid_(hoax) • Fish-man of Liérganes • Fiskerton Phantom • Five-Striped Abyss Fish • Flashlight Frog • Flathead Lake Monster • Flatwoods beast • Flatwoods Monster • Flying Head • Flying Rays • Flæðarmús • Folly Beach Monster • Fotsiaondre • Four Mile Globster • Frank Shaw's Gargoyle • Freshwater Monkey • Fresno Nightcrawler • Fsti Capcaki • Fu Lion Dogs • Fur-Bearing Trout • Futakuchi-Onna • Fuzhu

Gajah Mina • Galley-Trot • Gambo • Ganges Giant Blue Eel • Gargouille • Garson Invaders • Garta • Gashadokuro • Gator Man • Gazeka • Gbahali • Genderuwo • Genoskwa • Gensou Hyouhon Hakubutsukan • Georgia Raptor • Germakochi • Ghilan • Ghillie Dhu • Ghost Camel • Ghost Deer • Ghostly Scarecrow of Chiang Rai • Ghoul • Giant Acorn Worm • Giant Anaconda • Giant Bats • Giant Bushbaby • Giant Canadian Spiderbat • Giant Catfish • Giant Chinese Bamboo Rat • Giant Dragonfish • Giant Goldfish • Giant Grasshoppers_(hoax) • Giant Indian Bipedal Lizards • Giant Jellyfish • Giant of Castelnau • Giant Pythons • Giant Rat • Giant Rooster • Giant Scuttles • Giant Snake of Mt. Tsurugi • Giant Space Brains of Palos Verdes • Giant Squid_(confirmed) • Giant Tongan Skink • Giant Triops • Giants • Gigantopithecus • Giglioli's Whale • Gippsland Phantom Cat • Girona Gremlin • Girt Dog of Ennerdale • Gitmo Bird • Gizotso • Glacier Island Carcass • Globsters and Blobs • Gloucester Sea Serpent • Glyptodon • Goatman • Goayr Heddagh • Goblins • Goeldi's Marmosets • Gog-Magog • Golden Moon Bear • Goliath Frog • Grassman • Great Auk • Gremlin • Grey Aliens • Griffins • Griggstown Cow • Grindylow • Grootslang • Grotte Cosquer Animal • Gruagach • Grunch Road Monster • Gryttie • Guadeloupe Parrot • Gudiao • Gugwe • Gulon • Gumberoo • Gunni • Gurumapa • Gyochu • Ghosts

Haiit • Haimushi • Haishaku • Hakawai • Halibut Mother • Hamai Beast • Harikikigaki • Hatuibwari • Hawaiian Monk Seal • Hebrides Blob • Helena Manatee • Hellhounds • Herensuge • Hibagon • High-Finned Sperm Whale • Hinosha • Hippocerf • Hippogriff • Hippoturtleox • Hishaku • History of El Chupacabra • Hoan Kiem Turtle_(confirmed) • Hook Island Sea Monster_(hoax) • Hizo no Kasamushi • Hizo no Kesshaku • Hizo no Mushi • HMS Daedalus Serpent • Hogzilla_(confirmed) • Hollingworth Lake Monster • Homo Gardarensis • Homunculus • Honey Island Swamp Monster • Hoop Snake • Hopkinsville Goblins • Horned Demon Cat • Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer • Hrökkáll • Huallepen • Huan Cat • Huay Chivo • Hudson River Monster • Hungry Grass • Hvcko Capko • Hyampom Hog Bear • Hydrarchos_(hoax) • Hō-ō

Iemisch • ‘Ifrit • Igopogo • Iliamna Lake Monster • Imap Umassoursua • Indonesian Coelacanth_(confirmed) • Indrid Cold • Ine Weu and Poti Wolo • Inkanyamba • Intulo • Iranian Toothed Bird • Issie • Itzcuintlipotzotli • Ivory-billed woodpecker

J'ba FoFi • Jackalope • Jacko • Jaculus • Jake the Alligator Man • Jamaican Macaw • Jann • Japanese Wolf • Javanese Wolf • Jellyfish Anomaly of Petrosavodsk • Jenglot • Jersey Devil • Jiao • Jie • Jimeng • Jimmy Squarefoot • Jinmenju • Jinn • Jinshaku • Jinshin-Mushi • Jumpin' Yuccy • Junjudee

Kabagon • Kabandha • Kagemushi • Kaiaimunu • Kaijin • Kakuran no Mushi • Kalanoro • Kameshaku • Kami • Kanmushi • Kansas City Winged Demon • Kanshaku • Kap-Dwa • Kappa • Kapre • Karkadann • Kasa-Obake • Kasai rex • Kataw • Kawuk • Kayeri • Kek Tung • Kellas Cat • Kelpie • Khaiyr Beast • Kidoky • Kiidk'yaas • Kikiyaon • Kinderhook Blob • Kingstie • Kitsune . Kinnula Humanoid • Kirin • Kishaku • Kiukan • Knucker • Kodama • Kofu Fanged Humanoids • Koguhpuk • Kon Tiki Creatures • Kongamato • Koolakamba • Kor • Koseu • Koshi no Mushi • Koskolteras Rhombopterix • Kraken • Kting Voar • Kumi Lizard • Kushtaka • Kussie

Labynkyr Monster • Lac Wood Screecher • Lagarfljot Worm • Lake Erie Chomper • Lake Elsinore Monster • Lake George Monster • Lake Herrington Monster • Lake Monsters • Lake Norman Monster • Lake Ontario Serpents • Lake St. Clair Serpent • Lake Tianchi Monster • Lake Utopia Monster • Lake Van Monster • Lake Worth Monster • Lamb of Tartary • Lambton Worm • Large Antarctic Sea Mammal • Lariosauro • Lau • Lautoka Dwarves • Lavellan • Laysan Fan Palm • Le Loyon • Lechuza • Leelanau Lake Monster • Lembuswana • Leprechaun • Leshy • Leviathan • Leyak • Lightning Bird • Lili • Lindworm • Living Dinosaurs in Australia • Lizard man • Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp • Lizzie • Llamhigyn Y Dwr • Loberno • Loch Awe Monster • Loch Ness Monster • Loch Oich Monster • Lockridge Monster • Lone Pine Mountain Devil • LongZhi • Long-Necked Seal • Lou Carcolh • Lough Foyle monster • Louisiana Thunderbird • Loveland Frogmen • Lusca • Luting Fish • Lynx

M'kuoo M'bemboo • Macanci • MacFarlane's Bear • The Madagascar Tree • Magician's Monster • Mahamba • Makara • Malagasy Lion • Malawi Terror Beast • Mali • Malpelo Monster • Maltese Tiger • Mamba Mutu • Mambabarang • Mamlambo • Manaia and Hei-tiki • Man-Eating Lotus of Nubia • Manaia and Hei-tiki • Manananggal • Manaus Pterosaur • Mande Barung • Mandrake • Maned American Lion • Mangarsahoc • Manhattan Monster • Manipogo • Manitou • Manman Duck • Manman Otter • Mann Hill Island Carcass • Mannegishi • Manta-Man • Mantahungal • Manticore • Mantis Man • Mapinguari • Marcupo • Maricoxi • Marine Lion • Marked Hominids • Marozi • Martinique Parrot • Maryland Goatman • Masterton Monster • Matagi Carcasses • Matah Kagmi • Mathews Range Starling • Matlox • Matorepo Wera (Green Swamp Demon) • Maumee River Monster • Mayan Mummy • Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu • Mbói Tu'i • Mecheny • Medford Shmoos • Megalania • Megalodon • Megatherium • Melbourne-Hobart Carcass • Melon Heads • Memphré • Men in Black • Menehune • Mentigi Monster • Mermaids • Merman • Mesonychids • Messie • Metal Man • Metepec Creature • Mexican Alien Remains_(hoax) • Mexican Flying Horse • Mexican Pet • Miami Beach Scorpion • Michelin Men • Michigan Dogman • Micro-Mermaid • Migas • Mihirung Paringmal • Mike The Headless Chicken • Mimi (folklore) • Minhocão • Miniwashitu • Minnesota Dog-Man • Minnesota Iceman • Minogame • Miraj • Miramar Toxodont • Mirygdy • Mitla • Mngwa • Moa • Moddey Dhoo • Moehau • Mogollon Monster • Moha Moha • Mokèlé-mbèmbé • Moly • Momo • Mongitore's Monstrous Fish • Mongolian Death Worm • Monkey-Man of New Delhi • Mono Grande • Monocerus • Monopod Monster of Bor Lake • Monster of Lake Fagua • Monsters of Indonesia • Monsters of Pinatubo • Montauk Monster • Monuca • Moore's Beach Monster • Mora • Morag • Morgawr • Moss Man • Mothman • Mount Kancing Dragon Snake • Muc-sheilch • Muckie • Muhuru • Muladona • Mulilo Slug • Murex • Murphysboro Mud Monster • Murray • Mussie • Mušḫuššu

Nabau • Naga • Nahuelito • Namazu • Nameless Thing of Berkeley Square • Namibian Flying Snake • Nandi Bear • Nantucket Blob • Napa Rebobs • Nape • Naree pon • NASA's Jellyfish Anomalies • Nasnas • Nayarit Ruffed Cat • Nesophontid Insectivores • Nessie (or Loch Ness Monster) • New Delhi Celestial Serpent • New Guinean Iguanodon • New Louisiana Swamp Monster • New River Inlet Carcass • New Zealand Globster • Newfoundland Blob • Ngarara • Ngoubou • Nguma-monene • Nguoi Rung • Nguruvilu • Nhang • Nian • Niger Firespitter • Nightcrawler • Ningen • Ninki Nanka • Nissi • Nittaewo • North Shore Monster • Northern Giant • Northern Spoonbill_(confirmed) • Norwegian Atmospheric Jellyfish • Not Deer • Nuckelavee • Nue • Nuk-luk • Nuppeppo • Nyaminyami • Nymph

Obojoki • Octo-squatch • Ogopogo • Oggie • Oil Pit Squid • Okapi_(confirmed) • Oklahoma Octopus • Ol' Slavey • Old Green Eyes • Old Greeny • Old Saybrook Blockheads • Old Yellow Top • Oldeani Monster • Olitiau • Onza • Ophiotaurus • Oracular Trees • Orang Bati • Orang Gadang • Orang Mawas • Orang Minyak • Orang Pendek • Orange Alligator • Orange Eyes • Orobon • • Owlman • Owner of a Bag • Ozark Howler

Paciencia Abductors • Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus_(hoax) • Paddler • Pakistan • Pal Rai Yuk • Pallid Sailfin • Pamba • Panther • Panthera tigris sudanensis • Papa Bois • Parandrus • Pard • Partridge Creek Monster • Pascagoula Elephant Men • Passenger Pigeon • Peluda • Penangglan Chupacabra • Penghou • Pengkalan Chepa Creature • Pennsylvanian Mountain Lion • Pennsylvanian White Bigfoot • Pepie Monster • Peridexion Tree • Peruvian Skeleton • Peryton • Pesanta • Peuchen • Phantom Kangaroo • Phaya Naga • Phoenix • Piasa Bird • Pishacha • Po orangutan • Poaxiao • Pogeyan • Pollo Maligno • Ponik • Pope Lick Monster • Popobawa • Portada • Poskok • Potosi Sheepslayer • Poukai • Prehistoric Cryptids • Prespan lake monster • Pressie • Proctor Valley Monster • Pterodactyls • Pterosaurs • Puerto Rican Chupacabra • Pugot • Pukehina Predator • Pukwudgie

Qa • Qallupilluit • Qaxdascidi • Qing Xian Flying Jellyfish • Qiqirn • Qisemn • Qizhong • Queensland Tiger • Questing Beast • Quetzalcoatl • Quetzalcoatlus • Quickfoot • Quinotaur • Qupqugiaq

Ramidreju • Ranyi • Raskovnik • Ratman of Southend • Raven Mocker • Raystown Ray • Red Cheetah • Rephaite • Réunion swamphen • Rhinoceros Dolphin • Rijeka Reaper • River Dinos • Riverside Monster • Roc • Roch Ness Monster_{(explanation)} • Rochester Rat-Dog • Rompo • Ropen • Rougarou • Runan-shah • Russian Sirins

Sabertooth Deer_(confirmed) • Sabine Thing • Sachamama • Sakhalin Island Sea Wolf • Sakhalin Island Woolly Whale • Salawa • Salmon mother • Sam Harris • Sandwalker • Santa Monica Giant Squid_(hoax) • Santer • Sapo De Loma • Sarangay • Sarimanok • Sarmatian Sea Snail • Sasquatch • Sassabonsam • Sea Monk • Sea Monster • Sea Swine • Seal Rock Sea Monster • Seatco • Segben (Werebeast) • Seljordsormen • Serpopard • Sewer Alligator • Shachihoko • Shadow Panther • Shadow People • Sharlie • Sheepsquatch • Shellycoat • Sherman Beasts • Shore Laddie • Shug Monkey • Shunka Warakin • Si-Teh-Cas • Sigbin • Silphium • Silver Lake Serpent • Sipatahunan Cave Horse Serpent • Sirens • Sirena (Philippine mythology) • Sisiutl • Siwil • Siyokoy • Si’lat • Skeljaskrímsli • Skin-walker • Skookum • Skunk Ape • Sky Serpents • Slow Down • Smilodon • Smithy • Snake-Headed Dog • Solomon Island Giants • Solomon Islands Dragon Snake • Songsi • South American Bigfoot • South American Dinosaurs • South Carolina Thunderbird • Space Brains of Palos Verdes • Spaghetti tree • Sphinx • Spider Grandmother • Spiny-Backed Chimpanzee • Spottsville Monster • Spring Heeled Jack • Squonk • Srayuda • St. Augustine Monster • Sta • Steller's Sea Ape • Stoa • Storsjöodjuret • Strigoi • Stronsay Beast • Suanyu • Sugar Bundle • Šumske Dekle • Sumxu • Surrey Puma • Swamp Stalker of Boggy Creak • Swan Maidens • Swan Valley Monster • Swansea Eel • Sykesville Monster

Tahoe Tessie • Takitaro • Tall White Aliens • Tammatuyuq • Taniwha • Tano Giant • Tapire-iauara • Tarasque • Tasmanian Blobs • Tasmanian Mock Walrus_(hoax) • Tatzelwurm • Te Wheke-a-Muturangi • Tecolutla Monster • Telepathic Football • Tengu • Tennessee Wildman • Terror Birds • Thames River Monster • Thanacth • The Beast of Bray Road • The Black Dog of West Peak • The Black Eyed Child of Cannock Chase • The Buru, Giant Lizards and Giant Crocodiles • The Bush Man • The Cameron Village Sewer Blob • The Dark Watchers • The Death Dealing Tree of the Phillippines • The Haddock Goblin • The Indian Tree of the Sun and the Moon • The Legend of Sinkhole Sam • The Madagascar Tree • The Mysterious Giant Snake Of North-Africa • The Pig-Man of Cannock Chase • The Red Ghost • The Tumor Seal of Mel’s Other Hole • The Turner Beast (Mutant Canine) • The Vampire Vine • The Vegetable Man • The Yucca Man • Thetis Lake Monster • Three-Starred Anglerfish • Thunderbird • Thylacine • Tibicena • Tiddalik • Tikbalang • Timor Sea Ground Shark • Tipperary Wolfmen • Titanoboa and largest snakes of the world • Tizzie-Whizie • Tlanusi • Tokoloshe • Tornit • Toronto Aerial Jellyfish • Toronto Tunnel Monster • Trasno • Trinity Alps Giant Salamander • Troll • Trotterhead • True Giants • Trunko • Tsinquaw • Tsmok • Tsuchinoko • Tsul 'Kalu • Tullimonstrum • Tuniit • Turtle Lake Monster • Tuscumbia Space Penguins • Two-toed Tom • Tyleri Yeti Crab

U-28 Creature • UB-85 Atrocity • Ucu • Ufiti • UFO • Ugjuknarpak • Ular Pendek • Umakan • Umdhlebi • Umibōzu • Unicorn • Unknown Norwegian Creature • Up-island Spider • Upland trout • Upsweep • Urayuli • Urco • Ushi-Oni • USS Stein Monster

Vadakilla Monster • Vampire • Vampire Beast • Van Meter Visitor • Vanara • Varberg Fortress Moat Monster • Varginha Devil • Vatnagedda • Ved • Venezuelan Hairy Dwarves • Veo • Villaricos Horned Serpent • Vine of Sodom • Vision Serpent • Voronezh Aliens • Vorota Beast

Wadjet • Waitoreke • Wakwak • Walker County Creature • Wallowa Lake Freshwater Crustaceans • Wallowa Lake Monster • Wampus Beast • Wanderlight • Wapaloosie • Waqwaq • Wasaga Beach Seal Monster • Washington's Eagle • Washoriwe • Water Elephant • Waterford Sheepman • Weeping Date Palm • Wendigo • Werehyena • Weretiger • Werewolf • Werewolves • West Virginian Yahoo • Whale Eater • White Death • White River Monster • White Things (Devil Dogs) • Wild Haggis • Wolpertinger • Wood Booger • Woodwose • Woolly Mammoth • Wucharia • Wuhnan Toads • Wyvern

Xexeu • Xianfu Zhi Yu • Xiangshe • Xianyang • Xing-Xing • Xixi Zhi Yu • Xuangui • Xing-xing • Xixi Zhi Yu

Ya-Te-Veo • Yacumama • Yale • Yamabiko • Yamakachi • Yanalik-Adam • Yaoshikepu • Yara Ma Yha Who • Yeren • Yeti • Yggdrasil • Yibimin • Yowie • Yu • Yukon Beaver Eater

Zanfretta's Aliens • Zantegeba • Zanzibar Leopard • Zaratan • Zheng • Zhuhuai • Ziphius (Cuvier's Beaked Whale) • Zitiron • Zmeu • Zuiyo-Maru Carcass

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+[[File:Pukehina_predator.jpg|thumb|400px]]
-A mysterious carcass, named the '''Pukehina Predator''', was washed ashore in New Zealand in June 2014
+A mysterious carcass, named the '''Pukehina Predator''', was washed ashore in New Zealand in June 2014, fueling speculation about [[Lake Monsters|sea monsters]] and [[dinosaurs]]. The rotting animal was discovered by a group of people on four-wheel vehicles speeding along the beach in Bay of Plenty.
+According to a story in [[:category:New Zealand|New Zealand]]’s Sun Live newspaper, “beachgoers were stumped when they came across what they thought was a prehistoric creature on the shore … stretching about 9 meters (30 feet) in length with large teeth and rudimentary flippers.”
-, fueling speculation about [[Lake Monsters|sea monsters]] and
-[[File:Pukehina_predator.jpg|thumb|400px]] [[dinosaurs]]. The rotting animal was discovered by a group of people on four-wheel vehicles speeding along the beach in Bay of Plenty.
+[[File:Strange Pukehina sea creature|thumb|left|383px|Footage of Pukehina Predator]]
-According to a story in New Zealand’s Sun Live newspaper, “beachgoers were stumped when they came across what they thought was a prehistoric creature on the shore … stretching about 9 meters (30 feet) in length with large teeth and rudimentary flippers.” Video of the fearsome-looking animal was soon posted to YouTube, asking the public for help in figuring out what it was. [[File:Strange Pukehina sea creature|thumb|left|383px|Footage of Pukehina Predator]]
+According to New Zealand's SunLive, the mysterious remains were found by a group of beach-goers near '''Pukehina '''on New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. One of the group posted a video of the so-called "monster" to YouTube on April 28, along with this simple query: "Can anyone identify what it is?" The video captured the imagination of viewers, who suggested in the comments section that the creature could be anything from a saltwater crocodile to a giant moray eel. But according to marine mammal expert Anton van Helden, the carcass is likely the remains of a killer whale.
+==Gallery==
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+Zeuglodon.jpg|It could be a surviving Zeuglodon
+Pukehina Beach.png|location of Pukehina Beach
+</gallery>
-According to New Zealand's SunLive, the mysterious remains were found by a group of beach-goers near '''Pukehina '''on New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. One of the group posted a video of the so-called "monster" to YouTube on April 28, along with this simple query: "Can anyone identify what it is?"
-[[File:Zeuglodon.jpg|thumb|left|It could be a surviving Zeuglodon]]
-The video captured the imagination of viewers, who suggested in the comments section that the creature could be anything from a saltwater crocodile to a giant moray eel. But according to marine mammal expert Anton van Helden, the carcass is likely the remains of a killer whale it could be a mosasaur.
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