>In a jolt of déjà-vu, I came to the realization that Chile may have played
>host to the long-awaited return of the "St. Augustine Sea Monster."
>
>Read about this bit of cryptozoology (apocrypha) at
><http://www.jaxshells.org/0715a.htm>. References on request.

I thought histological examination had confirmed its octopusness...

but I am sure the chilean lump looks like baleen whale (mysticete) epidermis.
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