# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/41 "2003-07-02T19:34:59Z")
You guys are incredibly insensitive. This poor creature is DEAD and you’re all practically dancing on it’s grave. THE HORROR, THE HORROR! :eek: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/42 "2003-07-02T19:39:20Z")
The CNN photo caption said the thing continued to be bantered by the waves. I’d like to see that. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/43 "2003-07-02T20:14:19Z")
I doubt it was very interesting **masonite** , I’ve never found waves to be capable of much banter. A little small talk at best. It’s obviously a Thing, from the Dungeon Dimensions. Anybody seen Rincewind lately? ---
**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, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/44 "2003-07-02T20:46:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Phlosphr \* > \*\*It could be a huge Tumor. The coast guard apparently saw two floating masses. One was a large humpback whale. If that thing was a tumor or parasite there is going to be a lot more coverage on the subject. My vote is against the giant squid. It’s the wrong color and the wrong shape. \*\* It’s not a tumor. * * * Oh, and has anyone said Slip and Slide! yet? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/45 "2003-07-02T20:51:35Z")
**Beagle** , **Greenback** , I would point out that **drop** said that he takes pleasure in _not_ being able to recognize rotting whale skin by smell…a sentiment with which I am in full agreement, BTW. I’m thinking it’s a Shoggoth. Or maybe the first attempt at a cetacean prophylactic, gone horribly awry. ---
**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, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/46 "2003-07-02T20:51:45Z")
This headline from the Yahoo! message board cracked me up: BUSH TO CREATURE: “BRING IT ON” ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/47 "2003-07-02T21:06:04Z")
Anyone else reminded of Alan Moore’s _The Watchmen_? ---
**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/48 "2003-07-02T21:31:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\ ***Beagle** , **Greenback** , I would point out that **drop** said that he takes pleasure in _not_ being able to recognize rotting whale skin by smell…a sentiment with which I am in full agreement, BTW. > > \*\* I know but I’m not in agreement. Is there a handbook so I can amaze my friends at our next beach party? Does **drop** give out tips? Weekend training sessions? I need to know this. How am I supposed to impress the ladies if I can’t tell what type of rotting flesh is washed up on the beach? Oh wait. I think I found my problem with women. ---
**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, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/49 "2003-07-02T21:38:20Z")
Good point, Balance. I read it wrong. I can’t discern whale smell either. It’s all nasty fishy smell to me. :smack: [Yahoo has a slideshow.](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030701/sc_nm/chile_science_dc_2) Giant octopus? :eek: ---
**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, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/50 "2003-07-02T21:49:11Z")
I can’t vouch for this site, but it has what appears to be a good summary of the [giant octopus](http://www.skygaze.com/content/strange/GiantOctopus.shtml) controversy. I remember hearing about the St. Augustine ‘creature.’ ---
**Author:** ![ace22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@ace22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ace22)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/51 "2003-07-02T21:55:29Z")
Great. Turns out it’s probably a giant octopus. That’s **so** much better than a giant squid. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/52 "2003-07-02T22:29:30Z")
I wonder if it was eaten by a sick whale who partially digested it before throwing up and dieing. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/53 "2003-07-02T22:59:02Z")
Maybe the whale had SARS. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/54 "2003-07-02T23:24:46Z")
Or the whale had West Nile Virus. Damn mosquitos, they ruin everything. ---
**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 3, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/55 "2003-07-03T00:00:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gary Kumquat \* > \*\*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. \*\* Rubbish! Where’s your sense of adventure? I want to need to keep watch for ginat squid, and goblin sharks(if only they could rise to the surface) and megalodons while I swim. More, I want to have dodge sasquatch, skunk apes, and MothMen on the way to the beach. A world without monsters is no world I want to live in. BTW- I just read today’s Philadelphia Inquirer. The world’s deepest diving robot sub was lost in may. Coincidence? I Think not. **Malkavia** Well then,… May I have this dance? ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/56 "2003-07-03T00:19:53Z")
I dunno what it is…but it’s gross. ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/57 "2003-07-03T00:25:59Z")
Giant octopus, eh? Maybe it’s this [guy!](http://www.nickjr.com/grownups/home/shows/oswald/index.jhtml) Screw DNA samples. Look around for a bowler hat. ---
**Author:** ![Skydive101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@Skydive101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skydive101)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/58 "2003-07-03T01:12:50Z")
Oops, I knew I shouldn’t have thrown that used condom overboard… ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/59 "2003-07-03T02:20:04Z")
Has anyone seen Roseanne lately? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752/60 "2003-07-03T03:02:05Z")
Rmember when Rush Lumbaugh lost all that weight? I’m thinking secret liposuction and a midnight dumping of the “leftovers” in the Pacific. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oozing-giant-gelatenous-mass-found-off-chile-is-said-to-be/185752.md?page=4)