The Beast in the Stadium

Scientists in Chile are baffled by a "huge, gelatinous sea creature" that just washed up on the coast. Reader Frank DelaCroix suggests that the beast is Cthulhu or a blood relative, a ridiculous theory that I have embraced completely. The dead monster has clearly seen better days; presumably it's been feeling woozy ever since Pinochet stopped feeding it.

Comments

[Al Greenspan]

You people need to get a grip on reality. Everyone can see that it is the remnants of the US economy all deflated and decomposing on the beaches of Chile. Remember about 10 years back when the Japanese economy washed up on a beach in New Zealand? It looked just like that but only uglier.

[Madog]

Were there any golden subs or men named Hagbard on hand?

If not, I'd say it's probably Spongebob, dead of eating too many Kraby Patties.

[Mark S.]

It does my heart good to see the literary legacy of Howard Phillips Lovecraft survives to this day. IA IA CTHULHU!

[Abdul al-Azrad]

That is not dead which can eternal lie,
and with strange eons even death may die.

[sea beast]

Da pix:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/933992.asp

[patrick]

Nah! No need for alarm. That's simply the yucky Jello desserts my mom tried to feed me all those years, and which I've been tossing in the sink every day.

(Sorry, Chile!)

[Jon H]

(warning: incredibly tasteless comment)

Was Lolo Ferrari buried at sea?

[I'm Ready]

"Why it's a gelatinous cube of course!"

So Madog was right after all. It is really S.Squarepants. But then he's NOT dead, Madog. He looks very much alive ... and he looks mean ... and angry ... probably because he never got paid at the Krabby Patty drive-through.

[Mike]

Isn't it obvious? It's the magical sea cucumber that heralded the arrival of Kim Jong Il six years ago.

[Franklin Harris]

Maybe not Cthulhu. There are many species of Old Ones it could be.

[Anonymous]

Why it's a gelatinous cube of course.

[Steve]

Curiosity: Does anyone have a picture of this beast? None of the web articles I turned up included one.

[Tim Stich]

Certainly not Cthulhu, but perhaps a minion thereof. No wait. It was found on the Argentinian coast, correct? Sounds more like a piece of a shoggoth. They are down in Antarctica you know. See "At the Mountains of Madness."

Speaking of all things Cthuloid, a good friend of mine is in Baghdad at the moment. His own adventures we have commented several times are quite Chtulhoid in their nature.

[David F]

hey Steve!

you knew this would happen... 🙂

tammyfaye.com/images/Castro/TFCastro03.jpg

cheers,
drf

[Kevin Carson]

Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.

[Twsha]

Shoggoths are black not grey, and only measure about 5m in diameter. Maybe it's a chunk of the old Behemoth himself? It's R'lyeh, not the South, that shall rise again.

[Tom_T]

Seems like a good time to buy my own personal Elder Sign.... Ia, Ia Cthulhu !

[Julian Sanchez]

Was it pyramidal with a single eye? I'm betting it's the Leviathan that Robert Anton Wilson warned us about back in the 70s.

[Frenk]

from the AP story:

"Its characteristics match those given by 19th Century scientists that examined the creature found in 1896, who described pulling at the 60-foot (18-meter) animal with a team of horses and hacking at it with an axe without making a dent."

Many indeed are the Old Ones that have lain sleeping for uncounted eons in their Inconceivably Ancient City of Insanity Beneath the Seas!

The explanations have already started... don't believe them when they say "giant octopus."

[Melville]

Glad to see Ahab finally caught Moby.

[David]

It looks like...Michael Moore!

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