Reports from a remote Canadian community say a strange creature was pulled from a local creek earlier this month.

The locals say the 'monster' was removed from the water by a dog.

In what may be an elaborate hoax, the bald-faced creature was posted on the official website (www.kitchenuhmaykoosib.com) of the Big Trout Lake community.

The 30cm dead creature could be that of a bear cub or otter but the internet is a flurry with claims it may be more paranormal than that.

It is being linked to mythological creatures like the Loch Ness monster and Ogopogo.

Oh that blobfish looks like one of those Mr. men!
it looks kind of sad.

Deep sea creatures are always weird, probably because we aren't used to seeing them.

^Well it was pulled out of a freshwater creek, far inland, far away from the ocean, so probably not a sea otter.

But yeah, it's not exactly a huge mystery either. Just a normal animal that decayed strangely. It was found in the spring, so it could have been dead for months and been preserved by cold temperatures. Maybe that gave it enough time for the hair to start falling out. The reason the teeth look so big might be because the flesh is rotting and has pulled back to expose more of the root. Whatever happened to it, it really does look an otter of some sort. The article never says what happened to the body. I get the feeling it was never properly examined by anyone qualified to identify it.