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#1 ·
My uncle was walking on a beach on lake erie and found this.Hes woundering what it is.I dont think its any kind of fish.
 

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#2 ·
One of the many minks ya see runnin' around up there? I don't know, I'm just guessing as it's the first thing that came to mind.........................
 
#10 ·
Now that All Eyes has established form of death.......

I'm going with the more scietific "Dismantling Theory".......

After a few too many Bud Light's, "Junior" stepped on the lower jaw of a flathead and peeled it loose from its back. You are now left with a skeletal remain that is close to what you got.

That's the best I got............:confused:


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#15 ·
Since there are no measurments with this photo I am going to go out on a limb and say that it looks like the upper skull of a javelina. I lived in arizona for 18 years and while out hunting you can see one of these every once in a while. The bottom jaw actually has two really large tusks for digging up roots and bugs.

And thats all I have to say on that subject(in my best forrest gump voice)
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#17 ·
I don't know dimensions on the skull but the best guess so far in my opinion is that of BigDCat. If you look at the link pic that he referred to it looks very similar.

I am thinking he is on the right track here but I am going with a slightly different guess. If it is as big as it appears to be I am going to guess a sturgeon.;)
 
#23 ·
After looking at BigDcat's photo, you can see the similarity - definitely a catfish, I think.
Or a fish of some kind. Since it had no width to the head portion it made me think that perhaps it was not a flathead or even channel for that matter. You can't tell by the picture how big it is. I was thinking it looked rather large which is why I suggested sturgeon.
 
#24 ·
Ok, after further review of the photos, I have it narrowed down to one of the following items.
1. All that's left of Nessie's 3rd cousin Jessie.
2. Bigfoot's hairbrush
3. A hammerhead sea weasel
4. A petrified flying squirrel
5. Something from Micheal Jackson's collection of oddities.
6. Navajo nut rake.
7. Horse head.
I'm no equestrian expert but those are some really big vertebrae hooked to a really long skull. You can even see the eye sockets.
If I'm right, it just goes to show you can lead a horse to water, but he's pretty much on his own from there.:p