http://www.historiccity.com/2010/staugustine/news/florida/historic-city-memories-st-augustine-sea-monster-4254 St Augustine is First America, founded in 1565 by Pedro Menendez, it is the oldest, continually occupied European settlement and port in the continental United States. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:47:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.historiccity.com/2010/staugustine/news/florida/historic-city-memories-st-augustine-sea-monster-4254/comment-page-1#comment-967 stendec63 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:22:49 +0000 http://www.historiccity.com/?p=20056#comment-967 Everybody loves a good ghost story and St. Augustine abounds with willing storytellers and audiences which is likely why the St. Augustine Beach Globster tale has managed to circulate for so long. Alas, like many ghost stories this one has a more prosaic explanation. Roy Mackal holds a high place among cryptozoologists and deservedly so but he has been known to see monsters where none exists. The later tests and analysis, which would have been considered magic in Witt's day, have conclusively determined that the St. Augustine Monster (and the Bermuda Globster as well) were the decomposed remains of a whale. Certainly not as sexy as a giant cephalopod but the truth nonetheless. Everybody loves a good ghost story and St. Augustine abounds with willing storytellers and audiences which is likely why the St. Augustine Beach Globster tale has managed to circulate for so long. Alas, like many ghost stories this one has a more prosaic explanation. Roy Mackal holds a high place among cryptozoologists and deservedly so but he has been known to see monsters where none exists. The later tests and analysis, which would have been considered magic in Witt’s day, have conclusively determined that the St. Augustine Monster (and the Bermuda Globster as well) were the decomposed remains of a whale. Certainly not as sexy as a giant cephalopod but the truth nonetheless.

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