# Oozing Giant Gelatenous Mass Found Off Chile Is Said To Be... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752 "2003-07-02T11:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/21 "2003-07-02T14:36:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \* > \*\*Maybe the whale found with it died of a sinus infection, and this was just the sneeze that did him in. > > Yeah, I vote whale booger. \*\* EWWWWW Chunky whale snot. Hmmm SARS had to come from somewhere, I’m avoiding fishing boats and divers til whale snot has been ruled out. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/22 "2003-07-02T14:48:27Z")
I sure hope it [snows](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0051418) in Chile. ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/23 "2003-07-02T14:49:40Z")
Hmmm…Has anyone seen my ex-wife lately? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/24 "2003-07-02T14:54:13Z")
I’m hoping it’s the _other_ Kraken. The mesonyteuthis is big enough for the Kraken of legend and it’s supposed to be hostile. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this specimen is part of a species of the other kind of Kraken, the one Harryhausen invented for Clash Of The Titans. It seems like every year, they discover something more bizarre in the ocean depths. It’s a great time to be alive. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/25 "2003-07-02T15:19:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DocCathode \* > \*\*It seems like every year, they discover something more bizarre in the ocean depths. > > It’s a great time to be alive. \*\* Or a bloody terrifying time, for those of us who aren’t too keen on giant razor tentacled squid and 40 foot wide blob things. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/26 "2003-07-02T15:48:12Z")
Maybe it’s Nidaria Rex. (And, no, I didn’t misspell it. There is no “C.”) ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/27 "2003-07-02T15:55:03Z")
Maybe its a large Shoggoth that washed up from Antartica. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/28 "2003-07-02T15:58:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \* > \*\*Maybe the whale found with it died of a sinus infection, and this was just the sneeze that did him in. > > Yeah, I vote whale booger. \*\* Keep you whale booger to yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Trjckster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Trjckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trjckster)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/29 "2003-07-02T16:00:45Z")
Heres a [link](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3039102.stm) to the BBC story on it, it has a picture from another perspective. Looks very flat from this angle, more like a giant jellyfish than a squid, but I’m not ruling out a Shoggoth yet :). ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/30 "2003-07-02T16:43:04Z")
Is this gonna be just another shaggy-Shoggoth story? ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/31 "2003-07-02T17:02:56Z")
huh. am i really the only one who, when they read: > [@](#): > > The Chilean navy first saw the remains along with another large mass which turned out to be a dead humpback whale. started thinking that they really ought to check out that whale (and possibly the contents of its stomach)? my vote is for the Ultimate Marine Battle, which ended in a technical (tentacle?) draw when both combatants died. _i’ll_ give ya yer Clash of the Titans. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/32 "2003-07-02T17:07:15Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/33 "2003-07-02T18:21:55Z")
**I know! I know!** It’s a WMD! I knew we’d find one somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/34 "2003-07-02T18:29:19Z")
Whale miscarriage? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/35 "2003-07-02T18:31:53Z")
It was actually Mr. Jenkins, the old family gardener, in a mask. You see, he was trying to scare the few remaining beach-goers away so that he could dig up Redbeard’s long lost treasure in solitude. And he would’ve gotten away with it, if not for those meddling kids! ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/36 "2003-07-02T18:57:23Z")
**Bruce\_Daddy,** I was gonna quote that exact sentence. Who in their right mind can recognise whale skin by _smell?!?!_ I think it looks kind of like an octopus. In the picture from the OP, you can see a tentacle-like thing that looks like it might have suction cups all along it. ---
**Author:** ![T.Slothrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@T.Slothrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Slothrop)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/37 "2003-07-02T19:13:08Z")
I told her not to open that Evil Cooler. ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/38 "2003-07-02T19:14:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Bruce\_Daddy, I was gonna quote that exact sentence. Who in their right mind can recognise whale skin by smell?!?! Uh, **dropzone** can. > [@](#): > > I take pleasure, though not pride, in not being able to recognize rotting whale skin by its smell. Perhaps you are using the “right mind” technicality to exclude him/her? 😛 Things rotting on the beach do tend to give off distinct odors. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/39 "2003-07-02T19:24:20Z")
Mutant lemming. ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/40 "2003-07-02T19:27:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > \*\*I take pleasure, though not pride, in not being able to recognize rotting whale skin by its smell. \*\* You must be a blast at beach parties 😉 Instead of football or volleyball, we’re going to play Name that Hunk of Rotting Flesh. Who wants to go first? Actually, that is kinda neat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752.md?page=3)