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For discussion of everything rum and uncanny, from cryptozoology (mysterious or out-of-place animals), UFOs, high strangeness, etc. Following in the footsteps of Charles Fort and all those inspired by him, like the field of anomalistics.

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Identity of mysterious 'mermaid globster' that washed up in Papua New Guinea 'is anyone's guess,' experts say (www.livescience.com)

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A ghostly white lump of rotten flesh in the shape of a mermaid recently washed ashore on an island in Papua New Guinea — and experts baffled.

The strange sea creature was likely a marine mammal, but its exact origins are unclear, experts told Live Science.

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It is known as a globster — an unidentified organic mass that washes ashore. The origin of these mystery lumps is hard to pin down because much of the corpse has rotted away and most are missing body parts that have fallen off at sea. In this case, most of the creature's head and large chunks of its flesh are missing.

There is no information on the size and weight of the corpse because it was not properly measured before locals buried it, NIO representatives told Live Science. And no one collected DNA samples, which makes a proper identification almost impossible.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I suppose if it's a remote island they may not have a handy scientist standing by.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You don't need a "scientist" for that. Any medical personnel shoukd have a good chance to sufficiently preserve a piece of the specimen. If they had questions about how to do that, they could always call or radio a hospital or even university - the latter would probably be more than happy to lend support in such a case.