Mystery sea creature washes up on Formby beach

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  A MYSTERY sea creature has been washed up on the shores of Formby beach.
  Bodmin moor has the beast, Loch Ness has a monster and Cornwall has the Owl-Man.
  But now our golden coastline has staked a claim to its very own crypto-zoological mystery after the discovery of a gruesome looking half-decomposed creature, which was found washed up on the Formby sands on Thursday May 5.
  Social media was sent into a minor frenzy when the National Trust Twitter account posed the question: “a strange sea creature has washed up on our beach. Can anyone tell us what it is?”
  One user remarked that the skeletal remains looked exceedingly similar to that of the Caiman – a relation of the alligator.
  However thanks to our reporter’s not-so-expert knowledge of fish, The Champion believe we have identified the culprit causing such commotion as a badly decomposed common skate.
  The common skate can grow to 9.4 ft and weigh up to 220 lbs, making it the largest skate in the world.
  Overall shape features a pointed snout and rhombic shape, with a row of spines or thorns along the tail.