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• Plum Island Animal Disease Center is located on Plum Island, an island off the northeastern coast of New York. The island conducts research into foot-and-mouth disease in livestock and other animals.DHS: Plum Island Animal Disease Center

  Another carcass of a mysterious creature appeared on the shores of Montauk, New York, on May 5, 2009. Early reports of the so-called Montauk Monster have speculated a connection between the Plum Island Animal Disease Center and the creature. A similar creature washed up along the Montauk shore in July of 2008.MSNBC.com: Is strange carcass another ‘Montauk Monster’? (May 14, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Began operation in 1954DHS: Plum Island Animal Disease Center
  2. Facility co-run by USDA and U.S. Department of Homeland Security since 2003Plum Island Animal Research Facility: Info pageDHS: About Plum Island Animal Disease Center
  3. Access to island restrictedDHS: About Plum Island Animal Disease Center
  4. Part of Suffolk County, New YorkEpodunk.com: Plum Island
  5. The facilities freezers have diseases that can be contracted from animal to human
  6. The island has its own fire department and power plant

• The Montauk Monster

  Some people have speculated that a dead creature found on a Montauk, New York, beach may have been from the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. On July 29, 2008, a photo of a hard-to-identify creature was posted on the blog Gawker. The photo was allegedly shot on the beach in Montauk, New York. Gawker: Dead Monster Washes Ashore in Montauk (July 29, 2008)

  In May of 2009 another mysterious creature washed up along the shores of Montauk. Witness present at the time state that the monster smelled like a "combination of "low-tide and rotten garbage." It is unknown whether the incident is connected to the Animal Disease Center on the island or a marketing ploy.

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