Mysterious Sea Creature Spotted Near North Carolina Coast

A massive unidentified sea creature was spotted off the coast of North Carolina. Daniel Griffee, who caught the creature on video, says "it was kinda like we saw a dinosaur." Many people on social media are drawing comparisons to the legendary Loch Ness Monster of Scottish folklore. However, wildlife expert Ron Magill of Zoo Miami says the creature appears to be a small whale just coming to the surface.

[Taffthat]

We’ve been missing a good ol’ sea monster story for a while now!

[lovetheprophets]

I am more amazed by the biologist, he’s like a cartoon character

[orwellknew]

That doesn’t look like a whale. It seems too flexible to me.

[terrywade]

It looks like an alligator. No fluke, no blow hole, no whale.

[NatalieChickee]

It’s a scary idea to think of a plesiosaur lurking in the water for my adult mind but this child is so excited and happy about this.

[dbm]

I mean more than 80% of the world’s oceans haven’t been explored. Who can actually say we know of everything out there..

Edit: coming back to this a year and a half later to change “mapped” to “explored”

[michaelscott]

This is definitely a whale…some people seem to be saying that it’s moving weirdly, but the flowing up and down movement of the whale’s fluke is pretty clear here. Like the expert said, you can clearly see what appears to be the blow hole and the rostrum. It is definitely a smaller whale, maybe even a calf, which could by why this is causing a lot of confusion. So, unfortunately, it is not Nessy, but it’s beautiful creature nonetheless. I could very much be wrong though. I thought it could be a manatee, but ruled that out due to the faster, more serpent like movements of the back of the animal.

[Nick-cwog]

So the mystery is now solved because an “expert” said it’s a whale lol. I’m also an expert myself and I say it’s the Loch Ness monster so NOW the mystery is solved.

[UltraxInstinct]

Umm whales dont swim like that sir and they definetely dont come up for air with eyes on their head or even move like that someone needs to revoke his license asap

[leakoe]

Really looks like crocodile/alligator to me..
Don't think Nessie would like travelling across Atlantic..!

[sam.uel.]

As a born and raised North Carolinian, I can definitely say this is not a whale, alligator, or crocodile. If I had to guess what it was, based off of it's movememts, I would probably say (even though it's rare to see)...a very large eel.

[Bahiya]

A whale? Um sir I disagree. His words and my eyes aren't matching up.

[harirajan]

Even there might be dinosaurs that might still be alive in some parts of the world that is unexplored

[MorrisWilsonFvcks]

Does that coast usually have whale sightings? If so why would people assume it's not a whale that's the real question.

[TNTS]

This is not a freaking whale 😂 you can clearly see the eyes on top of its head

[ashleyklotz]

It doesn't look like a whale at all, I mean AT ALL, it looks like a giant sting ray which can get up to 13 feet long and up to about 700 pounds... Lockness monster, seriously?

[itchysheets]

That guy is like that damn know it all jerk that’s always explaining and minimizing stuff away like you didn’t just see what you saw with your own eyeballs, he said you got lieballs

[thebarbelllifestyle]

The level of gaslighting "experts" will go to to dismiss the obvious conclusions to rare pieces of evidence like this is astounding. Not sure what it is, but it ain't no whale that's for sure. Likely something not yet discovered.

[johnmack]

Hmm I grew up in depot bay and have seen many whales 🐳 this doesn’t look like any whale I’ve seen 🤷‍♂

[rockefeller]

Is not hard to believe this creature isn't whale 🐋