This month, we’re doing something a bit different. Our friends over at West Elm—you know, the ones with all the great furniture and home decor—reached out and asked us if we could find out more about a creature that washed up near their corporate headquarters in Brooklyn a few years ago. We did some digging and found enough to write about, and enough to make you a little nervous the next time you hear something scurry in the dark.

Sources:

• Brooklyn Bridge Monster May Be Distant Relative of Long Island Montauk Monster
• What The Heck is the Terrifying Creature Found Under the Brooklyn Bridge?
• Manhattan Monster