We mistook it for a whale at first, what with the sheer size of it.
They beached here regularly for reasons we had yet to figure out.
This one was different from the usual cases - it wasn't dead when we found it.
We thought it had gotten trapped in a kelp forest and managed to choke itself somehow.
Then it lifted its head and we saw that the kelp was connected to a humanoid face.
When it rolled over enough to free an arm with webbed hands and claw-tipped fingers, we ran.
No mammal of that size, and with teeth like broken bottles, was meant to feed on plants alone.
By the time we'd gathered a team of local volunteers, cameras and shovels to hand, it was gone.
We don't know if it was the government or if it wasn't stuck to begin with.
Either way, all it left behind was a large indent where it had been and a few skeletal remains.
They beached here regularly for reasons we had yet to figure out.
This one was different from the usual cases - it wasn't dead when we found it.
We thought it had gotten trapped in a kelp forest and managed to choke itself somehow.
Then it lifted its head and we saw that the kelp was connected to a humanoid face.
When it rolled over enough to free an arm with webbed hands and claw-tipped fingers, we ran.
No mammal of that size, and with teeth like broken bottles, was meant to feed on plants alone.
By the time we'd gathered a team of local volunteers, cameras and shovels to hand, it was gone.
We don't know if it was the government or if it wasn't stuck to begin with.
Either way, all it left behind was a large indent where it had been and a few skeletal remains.
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