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I don't think we've discussed this cryptid before, if we have I apologise.
From Karl Shuker, (1998) The Unexplained, Colour Library Direct, Surrey, p96:
Apparently there was another one too. From http://www.xproject.net/cryptoqa/trunko.html:
There's a drawing of it here, but the drawing in Shuker's book is made to look much more mammalian, and to me resembles a ridiculously large marine desman.
Anyone got any ideas?
From Karl Shuker, (1998) The Unexplained, Colour Library Direct, Surrey, p96:
On the morning of November 1 1922, visitors to the beach at Margate, South Africa, were treated to an amazing spectacle out at sea: two whales could be clearly observed engaging in battle with a bizarre sea monster with snowy-white fur and a huge elephantine trunk. As the titanic battle progressed,the monster seemed to weaken, and three hours later it was dead. During the evening it's lifeless body was washed ashore and proved to be truly colossal, measuring just over 14 metres(47 feet) in length,and including a 3 metre (10 foot) tail. Apart from it's luxuriant 20-cm (8-inch) long fur, however, the most remarkable feature abou this creature is that it did not possess a distinct head; instead, it bore only the trunk-like appendage, 1.5 meters (5 feet) long, that had been visible during it's fatal encounter with the whales.This creature was dubbed "Trunko".
Apparently there was another one too. From http://www.xproject.net/cryptoqa/trunko.html:
The "other Trunko" just seems to add to the mystery, too. For those who are unfamiliar with it, a man named Mr. Hoad did indeed find a strange creature in Bungle Creek, Australia. I first came across this report in a copy of the Reader's Digest book "Mysteries of the Unexplained" (an oldie but goodie for all paranormal fans). Again, there's not much mentioned about this creature, but the sparse information definitely seems to point to Trunko. The Australian sighting took place in 1883, a good thirty-nine years before the sighting of Trunko. The creature did indeed have an elephant-like trunk with no apparent head, its body was piglike in shape, and it had a tail-like appendage that was likened to that of a lobster. No size was given in the description.
There's a drawing of it here, but the drawing in Shuker's book is made to look much more mammalian, and to me resembles a ridiculously large marine desman.
Anyone got any ideas?