Tasmanian Globster

March 9, 1962 issue of The Mercury covering the Tasmanian Globster.

The Tasmanian Globster was a large unidentified carcass that washed ashore in western Tasmania, in August 1960. It measured 20 ft (6.1 m) by 18 ft (5.5 m) and was estimated to weigh between 5 and 10 tons. The mass lacked eyes and in place of a mouth, had "soft, tusk-like protuberances". It had a spine, six soft, fleshy 'arms' and stiff, white bristles covering its body.

The carcass was identified as a whale by L.E. Wall in the journal Tasmanian Naturalist in 1981,^[1] and a later electron microscopy analysis of the collagen fibers confirmed this.^[2]

The term globster was coined in 1962 by Ivan T. Sanderson to describe this carcass and the name Sea Santa, coined by another journalist in the same year.

Second carcass

A similar find was reported by Ben Fenton, one of those involved in the earlier find, in 1970.^[3] It was buried in the sand, but the visible part was 8 ft (2.4 m) long. Pictures taken of this carcass have since gone missing.

References

^ Harris, J.M. 2005 Tasmanian NaturalistMammal Records from the PDF The Tasmanian Naturalist 127: 20-41
^ Pierce, S., S. Massey, N. Curtis, G. Smith, C. Olavarría & T. Maugel 2004. Microscopic, Biochemical, and Molecular Characteristics of the Chilean Blob and a Comparison With the Remains of Other Sea Monsters: Nothing but Whales. PDF Biological Bulletin 206: 125-133
^ Eberhart, George M. (2002). Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology. ABC-CLIO. pp. 208–209.

Ellis, R. 1994. Monsters of the Sea. Robert Hale, London.
Pinkney, J. 2003. Great Australian Mysteries. Five Mile Press, Australia.

Blobs and globsters

1808 Stronsay Beast
1896 St. Augustine Monster
1924 Trunko
1960 Tasmanian Globster
1968 New Zealand Globster

1970 Tasmanian Globster 2
1983 Gambo
1988 Bermuda Blob
1990 Hebrides blob

1996 Nantucket Blob
1997 Bermuda Blob 2
1997 Four Mile Globster
2001 Newfoundland Blob
2003 Chilean Blob

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Tasmanian Globster