New Zealand Globster

New Zealand Globster
Photograph of the New Zealand Globster.

The New Zealand Globster was a large unidentified carcass that washed ashore at Muriwai, on the west coast of North Island, New Zealand, in 1968. It was 30 ft (9.1 m) long and 8 ft (2.4 m) high. J. E. Morton, chairman of the Zoology Department at the University of Auckland, was quoted as saying, "I can't think of anything it resembles."

References

  • Ellis, R. 1994. Monsters of the Sea. Robert Hale, London.

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