Divers Find Giant Floating Blob, Have No Idea What It Is

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While underwater off the coast of Turkey, a group of divers encountered a translucent blob about the size of a car.

The blob felt “very soft,” divers said, and appeared “gelatinous.” From afar, the mass looked almost invisible, but up close, the group spotted countless little dots floating in the 13-foot sphere.
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Diver Lutfu Tanriover, who captured the blob (which he called “the thing”) on video, told the blog Deep Sea News that the group felt both “excitement and fear” as they approached the mysterious mass.

Even after close inspection, the divers say they couldn’t figure out what the blob was.

Christopher Mah of The Echinoblog ended up being the first to the plate. Mah said in a tweet that Dr. Michael Vecchione, a squid expert and scientist at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, had come up with a possible answer.

The blob, Vecchione said, was likely an enormous squid egg mass -- the “largest” he’s ever seen.

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[BillZBubb]

1. Lots of horror movies start that way...

[awoke_in_2003]

7. DUzy. nt

[Baitball Blogger]

2. The ocean has a tumor!

Or, maybe this is the ocean's way of forming a protective case to eliminate all of humanities impurities?

[MisterP]

3. masses form AROUND what's being blockaded off: whatever it is, it appears to be invisible

[LongTomH]

4. Reminds me of a story my late uncle told me, last time I saw him.

Uncle Bill was on a destroyer during WWII. He had volunteered to be the lookout in the 'crow's nest. He reported seeing a floating 'dome-shaped' object, covered with seaweed, which didn't show on the radar or any instrument. It really scared the skipper and everyone onboard. They never did find out what it was.

Yeah, I know: Aliens, aliens.

[Warpy]

5. Interesting

Could be another type of colony animal on the order of jelly fish. They'd have to examine the underside to see if it has any mechanism for feeding.

[TrollBuster9090]

6. One word.

[crim son]

9. Hah! n/t

[1monster]

10. NOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooo!!! I saw that movie when I was a kid.

The Blob... Scared the heck out of me for years! Maybe if I

[Hatchling]

11. Me TOO!

I was terrified of grape jelly for months after. My mom had to switch to strawberry jam.

[DirkGently]

12. Squidnado? n/t

[Hal_____]

13. I would be curious what happens if they touched it.

Pop?

[shenmue]

14. Is it a Republican candidate?