SCIENCE BUZZ: A Chicago cat with four ears goes by the name Yoda. The extremely rare cat, who was adopted from a bar, appears to be very happy and healthy. He’s really the apex of the whole slightly sinister yet totally adorable look.

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1. “Our Newest Monster Is a Four-Earred Kitty Cat”
2. Yoda Look-Alike Cats
3. Meet Yoda the cat with FOUR ears
4. Yoda the Cat Astounds With Four Ears
5. “Cat ‘ear-marked’”

Two Bigfoot hunters say they the have the body of a dead Bigfoot. They are planning on releasing DNA evidence in a news conference on Friday. It’s a good thing they have DNA evidence! Because this photo looks like a discarded gorilla suit stuffed in a freezer chest.

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1. Why We Have No Faith They Actually Found Bigfoot
2. “Nerds Find Bigfoot… Or Something”
3. Has Bigfoot Been Found? Read the Press Release
4. Site that First Posted the Photo

Compelling evidence that the Montauk Monster is, in fact, some type of (formerly) cute dog. An email from alert reader Marcus Hyde: “From the new photo supplied, it’s easy to see that it is a dog. Likely some breed of boxer or bulldog. There are remnants of fur still on the body. And the nose area is not a ‘beak’ but simply part of the skull left exposed from being nibbled off by fish or a dashing against a rock or just plain decomposition. I did a little rough photoshopping of my own to illustrate that the image is likely real, but it’s not great mystery after all. It’s a dog. Poor thing. It really doesn’t take some scientific expert to see this.”

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1. Dead Monster Washes Ashore - Featured Image on BuzzFeed
2. New Photo of the Montauk Monster - Featured Image on BuzzFeed

There’s a new photo of this creepy thing from Newsday, plus a video. Only one of many reasons to not go to the Hamptons this weekend.

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1. Plum Video Has a Video
2. The Mystery Deepens!
3. The New Photon on Newsday

Arizona boy catches alligator gar, a primitive fish, in local pond. This thing is very, very real, and if you’re at all frightened, keep in mind that this one is just a little guy. A fully mature alligator gar can be as long as 12 ft. and weigh upwards of 300 lbs.

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1. Watch News Story
2. Article and More Horrifying Pics
3. Wikipedia - Alligator gar
4. Full Grown Alligator Gars

Weird-looking creature is discovered in Montauk, Long Island, which is apparently near a government animal testing facility called Plum Island. Is it real, or just some belated viral marketing scheme for The X-Files movie?

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1. Dead Monster Washes Ashore in Montauk
2. Is it a turtle without its shell? Discuss
3. The Animal Authorities at Plum Island Have Changed Their Official Statement Regarding the Montauk Monster
4. Photo Gallery: The 2008 Montauk Monster Yearbook
5. Montauk Monster: Just a Racoon or “Smallish Monster”
6. Montauk Monster Investigation
7. Montauk “Dead Monster” May Be Tied To Cartoon Network Show
8. Plum Island - a Bioresearch Facility Where Animals Check in But Don’t Check Out?
9. BIOSECURITY: Fate of Plum Island Animal Lab Still Unclear

POLITICS BUZZ: The North Carolina senator and Conservative superhero (dubbed “Senator No,” for his opposition to…well, everything) passed away of natural causes. Maybe we’re hopelessly romantic, but it wouldn’t surprise us if, on every Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (which Helms opposed), if you listen really carefully, you’ll be able to hear echoes of racial slurs and homophobic slights emanate from the senator’s grave!

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1. “If You Hate Long Enough and Hard Enough, You Can Go to the Very Top of the Washington Garbage Heap”
2. “I Think All Men Are Equal, Be They Slants, Beaners, Or Niggers” - Jesse Helms At His Finest
3. Jesse Helms Dies On July 4th [America Wins!]
4. “Sorry Mr. President, But Jesse Helms Was NOT a ‘Kind, Decent, and Humble Man’” [Buck Fush]
5. RIP Bozo The Clown (Oh, And Jesse Helms Too)
6. “He Was a Sour Troll and a Bigot, and It’s a Testament to Every Rotten Thing About This Country That for a Quarter Century, He Was One of the Most Powerful People in American Politics”