Giant sewer blobs -- apparently, they exist

Those of us who grew up in the late 1990s may remember the Goosebumps book series by R.L. Stine. There was one title in the series in particular that seemed both amusing and disturbing at the same time -- The Blob That Ate Everyone. It seems laughable that a blob would be scary enough to do such a thing.

Well, here's something that will make you stop laughing.

In a place called Cameron in North Carolina, a camera was going through the sewers (probably to check for blockage or something like that) and discovered a huge blob that isn't only incredibly gross, but also seems to be pulsing and very much alive.

If you're eating spaghetti or noodles, be warned -- this may make you lose your appetite.



What the hell is it, you ask? Well, officially it's an "unknown" organism. All everyone knows for sure is that this organism is a huge blob found in a sewer and is alive.

One possible explanation comes from Dr. Timothy S. Wood from the International Bryozoology Association. He explains:

They are clumps of annelid worms, almost certainly tubificids (Naididae, probably genus Tubifex). Normally these occur in soil and sediment, especially at the bottom and edges of polluted streams. In the photo they have apparently entered a pipeline somehow, and in the absence of soil they are coiling around each other. The contractions you see are the result of a single worm contracting and then stimulating all the others to do the same almost simultaneously, so it looks like a single big muscle contracting.

In other words, they are the sewer version of these worms:



Nevertheless, this is really spine-tingling to look at. Apparently these things can enter households through drains and toilets as well. Here's some food for thought the next time you're taking a crap or a shower. Maybe that's the next big horror blockbuster movie. Who knows.