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If ever there was a real-life sea monster, it’s Barry the giant sea worm. Discovered living in a U.K. aquarium, he is four feet long and vicious: He not only attacked the aquarium’s coral reefs and prize fish (tipping staffers off that an invader was in their midst), but also bit through 20 pounds of fishing line and most likely ate and digested the bait—and hooks—on traps that were set out for an injured fish.

Aquarium officials think that Barry (a name they came up with) arrived in a delivery of coral, though they’re unsure of how long he’s been stalking the premises.

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Just like pretty much every supernatural claim subjected to scientific scrutiny, the newest “Bigfoot” finding has fallen apart.

Two men from Georgia claimed last week to have found the Sasquatch, going so far as to stage a Friday press conference in which they unveiled “DNA evidence” that their creature was part-human, part-opossum. Of course, the two didn’t bring their carcass to the event for scientists to inspect, with good reason: The “Bigfoot” in their freezer was just an empty Halloween costume.

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