The Nantucket Sea Monster Returns

This image is about a historical event that took place in the late 1930s. A man named Tony Sarg designed a large balloon of a sea monster for the 1937 Macy's Day Parade. Later, he decided to start a hoax about sea monster sightings in the Nantucket Sound. He even went so far as to carve large footprints in the sand, which were recorded by photograph, and float it half inflated near the shore. He eventually blew it up on the beach with air, so it rested on the beach. Large crowds of people flocked from all points of the island to come and see this monstrosity and have their children play near it. In all honesty, it has a somewhat simple and childlike appearance with its smile and large bubble eyes, while still appears menacing due to the sharp fangs.

I came up with the idea of bringing that monster to life as the original hoax suggested, but putting it in a modern Nantucket setting, tearing its way through town. There's a lone man ready to take him down with a harpoon.