What a great title for a really bad horror flick. But these are real — although they haven’t actually eaten anything . . . yet . . . as far as anyone knows.

Here’s a sample of what’s been washing up on the beaches of Newfoundland (the white-ish stuff to the left) since around early September:

One resident described them as doughy — “like someone had tried to bake bread and done a lousy job” — even smelling somewhat like vegetable oil. [Jessica Murphy, BBC News, October 12, 2024.]

According to Globe and Mail, a spokesperson for Environment and Climate Change Canada has said that it was not a petroleum hydrocarbon, petroleum lubricant, biofuel, or biodiesel substance. And a marine ecologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada has said that it is not a sea sponge and contained no biological material. [BBC News, op.cit.]

But an inquiry to officials in Ottawa has had no response. [Id.]

A local environmentalist, a Mr. Tobin, discovered the blobs last month while walking along the beach, and initially thought they looked like styrofoam. He has since seen “hundreds and hundreds of globs – big globs, little globs,” most around six inches in diameter. When he reported them to the Canadian Coast Guard, he was told that styrofoam had been ruled out. But, added Mr. Tobin, “Somebody or somebodies know where this came from and how it got there. And knows damn well it’s not supposed to be here.” [Id.]

I wonder how long it will take for the rumors to start. You know , . . “Did you see the strange lights in the sky last night?”

Or: “All my electronics went haywire at the same time this morning.”

Or my favorite: “I swear, my little boy’s new friend looks just like E.T.”

It never fails to bring out the UFOlogists and conspiracy theorists . . . especially when the government won’t comment.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
10/12/24