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Buy An Animal Disease Center On Plum Island, OK?

Plum Island is a pop culture oddity located in New York's Gardiner Bay off the eastern coast of Long Island. Since the beginning of the Cold War, the island has been the site of a military base and an animal disease center that shall forever be known as "Lab 257". While Lab 257 was operating at full capacity, select few scientists and guests were allowed to observe its secrets. Speculation was that bizarre animal experiments were conducted there. Some whispers even spoke of the Montauk Monster, which supposedly is a creation of Lab 257. But those glory days are (allegedly) long gone. Plum Island is on the Real Estate block, reports WCBS TV.

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Plum Island , what can we do with you?

The General Services Administration is currently taking community input as to what should be done with Plum Island. Some feel it should be made into a federal park and nature preserve, as many different bird species nest on the island. However, the security of the former chemical facility at Lab 257 has Homeland Security's bells ringing. Various substances that could kill people – let alone livestock – were once produced there on a regular basis. From a military standpoint, the island is not well-defended. Since the government wants to continue biological work at Lab 257, talk has circulated about relocating it to a safer area in Kansas. Yet, as U.S. Rep. Timothy Bishop (whose district includes Plum Island) told local media, the sale of Plum Island would garner $ 50 million to $ 60 million. Estimates are that decommissioning and relocating Lab 257 would cost upwards of $ 650 million. Installment loans would be necessary. Bishop believes Plum Island facilities should go back into use rather than opening the "Pandora's Box" of decommissioning and moving Lab 257.

Did the Montauk Monster come from Lab 257?

This Lab 257 yarn has filled the days of New York and New Jersey fishermen with no shortage of good humor. The truth may be that the Montauk Monster is actually a dead seal or raccoon, but Plum Island rumors make for better storytelling. It's more fun to say that two New York longshoremen send the mighty beast to its eternal rest in the form of a flaming pyre in the harbor. Truth tends to get in the way of enjoyable hyperbole here. This very human form of legend-making is in many ways more important than objective truth. Stories of Plum Island and Lab 257 take the truth of infectious disease research and carry it into glorious new worlds of mystery. That's something we should never stop caring about, for the sake of our children, whose minds are open wide and crave adventure.

Citations

WCBS TV

http://wcbstv.com/local/plum.island.animal.2.1705004.html

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