Strange: British tourism officials irked as UAE adopts hoax.
Strange: British tourism officials irked as UAE adopts hoax. The Ras el Khaimah Monster The story dates back to the mid-90s when two friends entered a cave in Ras el Khaimah (one of the seven emirates of the UAE.) But it's what happened after that really startled them. Yes, the monster you see above was apparently captured on camera without even being witnessed by the human eye. However, both heard a haunting scream after the particular photo was taken. Freaked out, both rushed to the authorities and on their return with the police, a mutilated human body was found. A photograph of a purported monster, said to be lurking in the mountains of Ras al Khaimah and snapped by an unfortunate hiker seconds before it killed him, has irritated English tourism officials since it appeared in the mid-1990s. The supposed killer, now a part of internet folklore, is actually a plaster goblin hanging in a tourism grotto at the ancient Cheddar Caves and Gorge in Somerset, England. "This whole ...