# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/41 "2012-10-12T21:29:31Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I can’t quite remember which Beatles song this is from… Not The Beatles; Captain Beefheart. Can’t remember the song title, but the album was Trout Mask Replica. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/42 "2012-10-12T21:36:41Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Not The Beatles; Captain Beefheart. Can’t remember the song title, but the album was Trout Mask Replica. Wow. I was kidding. But here from the album Trout Mask Replica are the lyrics to the song Pachuco Cadaver: > [@](#): > > A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me? ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/43 "2012-10-12T21:48:47Z")
Eyein’ Rand. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/44 "2012-10-12T21:52:10Z")
So where are those hardcore bad-asses who are always bragging about, “I eat the whole fish! Even the eyes”? Well guys!, I got your eye! Dig in, muthafucka! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/45 "2012-10-12T21:53:14Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > So where are those hardcore bad-asses who are always bragging about, “I eat the whole fish! Even the eyes”? Well guys!, I got your eye! Dig in, muthafucka! I’m friends with one of those people. He posted a link to this story and said it was making him hungry. ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/46 "2012-10-12T23:45:32Z")
> [@redtail23](#): > > I have been reliably and repeatedly informed by my favorite five-year-old that giant squid eyes are _the size of a human head!_ > > So obviously, this is not large enough for that. 😛 > > I think the guy in the story may have it - [bigeye thresher shark](https://www.google.com/search?num=10&hl=en&site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1680&bih=915&q=bigeye+thresher+shark&oq=bigeye+thre&gs_l=img.3.0.0j0i24.5615.8381.0.10126.13.9.1.3.4.0.81.480.9.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.fur4dtKE4Hs). Don’t click on the link if you ever want to go back into the water again.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/47 "2012-10-13T00:02:47Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Patrick McGoohan I didn’t know he was 54 feet tall. But then again, I never looked him up on IMDb. ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/48 "2012-10-13T02:17:18Z")
The Bloop. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/49 "2012-10-13T03:29:45Z")
Eye, Aint Got No Body. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/50 "2012-10-13T04:09:43Z")
> [@Trick\_Rider](#): > > The Bloop. Yes! ---
**Author:** ![Dickerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Dickerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dickerman)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/51 "2012-10-13T04:50:44Z")
Ocean sunfish ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/52 "2012-10-13T05:04:11Z")
It came from [=tags&ga\_search\_query=big+eyed+kid&ga\_search\_type=all&ga\_view\_type=gallery"]her]([This item is unavailable - Etsy](http://www.etsy.com/listing/88522855/paper-doll-vintage-litho-print-ozz?ref=sr_gallery_14&ga_includes)[). StG ---
**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 13, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/53 "2012-10-13T13:02:02Z")
[Baby Atraxi](http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Atraxi)? ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/54 "2012-10-13T13:29:59Z")
Oh no! It’s one of [The Residents](http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/58913067/The+Residents+ResidentsPNG.png)!! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/55 "2012-10-13T13:35:41Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Eyein’ Rand. That was their first thought, but --alas— no medicare card. > [@Zebra](#): > > Eye, Aint Got No Body. That needed a ‘spit take’ warning. ---
**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 13, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/56 "2012-10-13T15:13:35Z")
The eye is headed to St. Pete for further study. Only time will tell if this story has leg. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/57 "2012-10-13T15:23:30Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Well, actually, it’s the Graiae, AKA the Phorkydes, who passed a single eyeball from one vto another. > If you think it’s the Fates, you’re vgetting your mythology from Disney’s Hercules. If you think it’s the Styggian Witches, you’re getting it from _Clash of the Titans_ (either version). > > [Graeae - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeae) > > And I’m only annoyed because I didn’t think of that. I spent most of a chapter on this topic! You’d think I’d remember. I was typing fast; my research should have been better. Sorry. I was also toying with the quote, “Its The ‘All-Seeing Eye’, little master. There’ll not be another like it for 10 Thousand Years! _Muah-ha-ha-ha!_” _cue giant dead spider washing up on beach_ _cue “Crab-Fest” at local Red Lobsters_ ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/58 "2012-10-13T17:55:23Z")
> **[Solved! Where did the Big Eye In The Sea come from? | Deep Sea News](https://deepseanews.com/2012/10/solved-where-did-the-big-eye-in-the-sea-come-from/)** > > No doubt you have seen the lonely big eye in the sea story by now. A giant eyeball washed ashore on a Florida beach and then the internet went crazy. So what is it? I emailed Sönke Johnsen a Professor of Biology and colleague of mine at Duke... ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/59 "2012-10-13T22:43:08Z")
Challenger Astronaut. It’s been growing on its own! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504/60 "2012-10-14T00:24:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball-I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me-I am part or particle of God.~~Ralph Waldo Emerson So, the eye belonged to Ralph Waldo Emerson. Or God. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giant-mystery-eyeball-discovered-on-south-florida-beach/637504.md?page=4)