We don't want to panic anyone, but a minion of Satan just washed up on a beach in Montauk, New York.

The beast looks a bit like a dog with the sharp beak of an eagle, or possibly a shell-less turtle with the dark eyes of a griffin. Either way, it's definitely a portent of the coming apocalypse.

According to the tipster quoted by the Manhattan media types at Gawker, there is "a government animal testing facility very close by" that has led some -- namely us -- to speculate that the beast in an unholy result of dark occult experimentation. If this turns out to be the begininng of an assault on Earth by the Devil, don't say we didn't warn you.

(Gawker may have later accepted that the unfortunate animal is more likely a dog, or else a viral advertising campaign of some kind, but we sort of hope it really is a hybrid dinosaur water monster.)

Check it out for yourself after the jump,