Presenting… tonight’s nightmare, today! Check out this “sea monster”—whose mouth looks a little too much like my former mother-in-law’s—that was found in New Jersey waters, but was luckily murdered by a jarhead’s bow and arrow (!).

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As mentioned in this news report, this thing is possibly a “sea lamprey” which according to the following unintentionally funny PSA is dangerous enough to lead to the downfall of the Great Lakes. (Apparently lampreys are the modern day “red scare” Communists of the sea monster kingdom.)

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)

9 replies on “Today in GAAAHH!!! Invasion of the Sea Lamprey”

  1. “…the creature in the photos is either a very large specimen or something else altogether.”

    Hard to argue with that. This story did have Blogtown written all over it, though… IN RICH, CRIMSON BLOOD.

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