This 20-Foot Monster Was Seen Just Once - What Was It?
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In 1896, two boys were riding their bikes along a beach in Florida when they saw something that shouldn't exist. Half-buried in the sand was a monster. A pale, rubbery mass the size of a small house — over 20 feet long, weighing seven tons. It had a bulbous body and what looked like torn-off arms. Tentacles. The boys fled. For over a century, scientists couldn't agree on what it was. An octopus? A whale? A new species? The monster kept changing its identity every time science got a new tool. Until finally, DNA testing revealed the truth. Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ou
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