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Posted: **2003-07-02 01:45pm**

From http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/ ... 30506.html

Big blob baffles boffins
July 2 2003

Chilean scientists were baffled today by a huge, gelatinous sea creature found washed up on the southern Pacific coast and were seeking international help identifying the mystery specimen.

The dead creature was mistaken for a beached whale when first reported about a week ago, but experts who went to see it said the 40-foot-long (12-metre) mass of decomposing lumpy grey flesh apparently was an invertebrate.

"We'd never before seen such a strange specimen, We don't know if it might be a giant squid that is missing some of its parts or maybe it's a new species," said Elsa Cabrera, a marine biologist and director of the Centre for Cetacean Conservation in Santiago.

Photographs showed a round leathery substance like a mammoth jelly fish, about as long as a school bus.

Giant squid live at a depth of 9,500 feet (3,000 metres) and only rise to the surface when they die. Specimens have been known to be as long as 60 feet (18 metres).

There was speculation that the mass might be a whale skin, but Cabrera said it was too big and did not have the right texture or smell.

Cabrera said she was contacting Chilean and international organisations in the hope that they could help shed some light on the find.

The Chilean Navy first spotted the mystery specimen along with another large mass, but the other dead animal turned out to be a dead humpback whale.

- Reuters

Hunter of the shadows is what? Hunter of the shadows is what?

Posted: **2003-07-02 01:48pm**

Heard about that in the morning on the radio.

But I vant pictures damnit!

Posted: **2003-07-02 01:57pm**

That would be a new one-to find a jellyfish *that* big...

Posted: **2003-07-02 02:47pm**

I scoped around a bit, but can't find mention of this story elsewhere, in Chilean sites or otherwise (and the Centre for Cetacean Conservation in Santiago doesn't have a website or even acknowledgement on the web that I can find).

Anyone find anything? Pics?

Posted: **2003-07-02 02:54pm**

when are we going to fucking catch one? or have they all hidden in their underwater cities?

Posted: **2003-07-02 03:05pm**

oooh nifty! I want pics damn it!

Posted: **2003-07-02 05:15pm**

Hell, I'd love to see a pic of this monstrosity myself -- but maybe nobody lived to take a photo.... muwhahahahahahaha!!! Okay, I'll stop now.

Posted: **2003-07-02 06:44pm**

As of 1850hrs EST, go to www.drudgereport.com There should still be a small picture on the left hand side of what it is...

Posted: **2003-07-02 06:54pm**

kojikun wrote:when are we going to fucking catch one? or have they all hidden in their underwater cities?

La Armada de Chile should be able to flush em out into the nets.

Posted: **2003-07-02 07:44pm**

willburns84 wrote:As of 1850hrs EST, go to www.drudgereport.com There should still be a small picture on the left hand side of what it is...

That thing looks fucking horrible -- maybe even worse than Meryl Streep...

Posted: **2003-07-02 11:29pm**

Here's Another pic with some people measuring it.

Posted: **2003-07-02 11:39pm**

Cthulhu is molting.

Posted: **2003-07-03 12:04am**

Looks like a giant used condom...

Can you just imagine two sperm wales at it?!?

"HONEY! Do you know where the rubbers went?!? 400 gallons of that stuff CAN'T just disappear!"

Posted: **2003-07-03 12:06am**

Vorlon1701 wrote:Looks like a giant used condom...

Can you just imagine two sperm wales at it?!?

"HONEY! Do you know where the rubbers went?!? 400 gallons of that stuff CAN'T just disappear!"

Did'ja have to fucking post that while I'm eating Haagen Dasz?! Jeez!

Posted: **2003-07-03 12:14am**

Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote: Did'ja have to fucking post that while I'm eating Haagen Dasz?! Jeez!

I prefer Breyers, myself...

Posted: **2003-07-03 12:18am**

Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:
Vorlon1701 wrote:Looks like a giant used condom...

Can you just imagine two sperm wales at it?!?

"HONEY! Do you know where the rubbers went?!? 400 gallons of that stuff CAN'T just disappear!"
Did'ja have to fucking post that while I'm eating Haagen Dasz?! Jeez!

Do you know what melted ice cream has the texture of of?

Posted: **2003-07-03 12:54am**

neoolong wrote:
Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:
Vorlon1701 wrote:Looks like a giant used condom...

Can you just imagine two sperm wales at it?!?

"HONEY! Do you know where the rubbers went?!? 400 gallons of that stuff CAN'T just disappear!"
Did'ja have to fucking post that while I'm eating Haagen Dasz?! Jeez!
Do you know what melted ice cream has the texture of of?

I swear if it's the last thing I do, I'm gonna track you down and force you to watch Kate Mulgrew's homemade porn!

Posted: **2003-07-03 12:55am**

neoolong wrote: Do you know what melted ice cream has the texture of of?

"Looks like you've blown a seal."

"No, it's just a little ice cream."

Posted: **2003-07-03 01:00am**

Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:
neoolong wrote:
Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote: Did'ja have to fucking post that while I'm eating Haagen Dasz?! Jeez!
Do you know what melted ice cream has the texture of of?
I swear if it's the last thing I do, I'm gonna track you down and force you to watch Kate Mulgrew's homemade porn!

Hahaha. I laugh at your imagination.

Posted: **2003-07-03 01:52am**

Ia! Ia Cthulhu!

But seriously, that does look like a huge dead jellyfish.

Posted: **2003-07-03 09:59pm**

Well until I saw the pic I thought that it could well have been a deep-water jellyfish, some of them get fucking huge and are agressively carnivorous.

On looking at the pic, I'm tempted to say that its just really well decomposed cephalopod.

Posted: **2003-07-03 11:00pm**

Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote:
neoolong wrote:
Raoul Duke, Jr. wrote: Did'ja have to fucking post that while I'm eating Haagen Dasz?! Jeez!
Do you know what melted ice cream has the texture of of?
I swear if it's the last thing I do, I'm gonna track you down and force you to watch Kate Mulgrew's homemade porn!

I bet you she drinks that much semen too...

Posted: **2003-07-04 03:59am**

I just saw it on the news, some weird shit to say the least.

Edit: Spelling

Posted: **2003-07-04 10:45am**

Probably a cephalopod of some kind...just which one--there's a lot of big squids out there.

Posted: **2003-07-04 01:48pm**

These are known as "Globsters". They are often found on beaches and various explanations are offered for them - ranging from giant octopi to space aliens. (OK, I made up the space alien one.)

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