# Giant Mystery Eyeball Discovered on South Florida Beach **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504 "2012-10-12T12:31:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/1 "2012-10-12T12:31:51Z")
For once, the weird headline lives up to the hype. There’s even a picture: [http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/36349/giant+mystery+eyeball+discovered+on+south+florida+beach/](http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/36349/giant+mystery+eyeball+discovered+on+south+florida+beach/) I throw it open to the Dopers: What is this eyeball from? Points for originality. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/2 "2012-10-12T12:50:59Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > For once, the weird headline lives up to the hype. There’s even a picture: > [http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/36349/giant+mystery+eyeball+discovered+on+south+florida+beach/](http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/36349/giant+mystery+eyeball+discovered+on+south+florida+beach/) > I throw it open to the Dopers: What is this eyeball from? Points for originality. I love the speculation in the article: “a giant squid ripped out a whale’s eye” - now, there’s a battle royale. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/3 "2012-10-12T13:06:30Z")
Attack of the The Eye creatures? Actually, though, my money’s on a giant squid – they’ve got the largest eyes in the animal kingdom (up to 30 cm, I think). However, why nothing but a (rather well-preserved) eye would wash ashore, I don’t know… (In keeping with the B-film theme, Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus?) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/4 "2012-10-12T13:07:18Z")
Jabba’s palace is missing its gatekeeper. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/5 "2012-10-12T13:12:55Z")
Being blue, I’d assume it’s obviously from a large Swedish tourist. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/6 "2012-10-12T13:20:28Z")
The Kraken! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/7 "2012-10-12T13:23:25Z")
Patrick McGoohan ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/8 "2012-10-12T13:25:35Z")
Nah, it’s clearly belonging to a nameless eldritch horror from the vasty deeps. Probably was playing with some ghastly and cyclopean (hehe) BB gun. Should have listened to it’s mother. They really will put your eye out. ---
**Author:** ![slaphead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@slaphead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slaphead)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/9 "2012-10-12T13:31:30Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Nah, it’s clearly belonging to a nameless eldritch horror from the vasty deeps. Probably was playing with some ghastly and cyclopean (hehe) BB gun. Loaded with squamous and rugose BBs, perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/10 "2012-10-12T13:41:51Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I love the speculation in the article: “a giant squid ripped out a whale’s eye” - now, there’s a battle royale. [A Bad Day on the High Sea](http://brandonbird.com/highsea.html) ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/11 "2012-10-12T13:42:42Z")
Cyclops. Well, now a _blind_ cyclops. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/12 "2012-10-12T13:44:39Z")
It’s from a group of large dolphins. They’re an eye pod. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/13 "2012-10-12T13:50:07Z")
> [@Trom](#): > > [A Bad Day on the High Sea](http://brandonbird.com/highsea.html) > [@](#): > > Here, raw sexual aggression is symbolized by the sperm whale, while the squid acts as a thinly-disguised metaphor for the multi-armed oligarchies of Rockefeller, Hearst, and Morgan. Their battle plays against the backdrop of the sea, standing in for–what else?–the vastness of the unconscious mind. mmmkay? ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/14 "2012-10-12T13:53:36Z")
> [@gyrate](#): > > it’s from a group of large dolphins. > > They’re an eye pod. groan!!! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/15 "2012-10-12T13:54:33Z")
Sauron ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/16 "2012-10-12T13:54:58Z")
An extra from a remake of _The Crawling Eye._ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/17 "2012-10-12T13:55:48Z")
Mike Wazowski ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/18 "2012-10-12T14:07:10Z")
A pupil from a school of very large fish, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/19 "2012-10-12T14:13:32Z")
It’s a remake of Blue Velvet. Only not an ear. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/20 "2012-10-12T14:16:10Z")
> [@slaphead](#): > > Loaded with squamous and rugose BBs, perhaps. A squid’s eye in a polythene bag is fast and bulbous. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504.md?page=2)