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Huge Unidentified Organic Blob Floating Around Alaska

Posted by samzenpus on from the real-reason-Palin-resigned dept.

Z80xxc! writes "The Anchorage Daily News reports that a 15 mile-long blob of unknown, 'gooey,' probably organic material is floating past communities on Alaska's North Slope. The US Coast Guard sent pollution experts to investigate, who determined that it was not an oil spill or other type of pollution, but were unable to determine what it is. A sample is currently being analyzed by experts in Anchorage, while the blob is following the current northwards."

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  1. Slight Correction by jjleard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The article stated it was "up to 12 miles long" and that a team "followed it [by helicopter] for about 15 miles." Granted, the average digestee probably does not care if the blob devouring him is 12 or 15 miles long.

  2. Re:palin power by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You know the conservative attention whore

    Is she really, or does she just get mentioned by everyone, everywhere pointlessly, such as in a thread discussing something weird in the ocean?

    You might be *part* of the problem, sir.

  3. Re:Oh no! by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, the foolishness of quitting a hit show early on with people whispering in your ear how awesome you are, followed by a permatanked career, most definitely was a well-established physical entity by that time. Just ask Suzanne Somers, Farrah Fawcett, or McClean Stevenson.

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