BTW, the "monster" on the island is an ELEPHANT!

"Steven L." wrote:
No it isn't.

In the premiere episode, the pilot was yanked *upwards* out of the
cockpit of the plane, as if something grabbed him from above. And there
was certainly no elephant's trunk seen. The pilot's body was then
impaled atop a tree. We saw Locke face the "monster" and look upwards
at it, at an angle that indicated it must be some 20 feet high at least.

I also don't think that Locke would describe an elephant as beautiful.
One comment: The pilot's body was lying across some high branches, not
impaled on the tree.