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| [[Image:Canadacorpse-baskingshark.jpg|thumb|300px|A '''globster''', believed to be the carcass of a basking shark, washed up on a Canadian beach]] | | #REDIRECT[[Globster]] |
| A '''globster''' is an unidentified carcass washed up on the shore of an ocean or other body of water, or found in the stomach of a whale. In the past these were often described as [[sea monster]]s, and myths and legends about such monsters may often have started with the appearance of a globster.
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| Many globsters (such as the famed [[Zuiyo Maru]] corpse) have initially been described as dead [[plesiosaur]]s, although they later turn out to be the decayed carcases of basking sharks. These mistaken identifications are due to the lower jaw and lower tail lobe of the shark decomposing first, giving the remainder a long-necked, thin-tailed appearance when discovered. Another common explanation — as with the "[[Chilean blob]]" of 2003 — is that many are large amounts of whale blubber which have been released from decaying whale corpses. Still others are unexplained. [[Giant squid|Giant]] and [[colossal squid]] may also explain some globsters, particularly those which are tentatively identified as monster [[gigantic octopus|octopus]]es.
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| Some Globsters are supposed to be the victims of pathological skepticism, because the scientific community has refused to look at them until after they have decomposed too much to ever possibly be good enough as evidence for a new species, or has outright destroyed them, as happened with the most famous [[Cadborosaurus willsi|caddy]] globster, found in 1937.
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| In the 2004 book Der Svwarm or The Swarm by Frank Snatczing, globsters are proclaimed to be another intelligent life form, known as the Yrr.
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| ==Famous globsters==
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| * [[Zuiyo Maru]]
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| * [[Stronsay beast]]
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| * [[Craig Beach]]
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| * [[Carcass of St Augustine]]
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| ==Sources==
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| * Bousfield, Edward L. & Leblond Paul H. (2000). ''Cadborosaurus: Survivor from the Deep''. Heritage House Publishing.
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| * Clark, Jerome and Coleman, Loren. (1999). ''Cryptozoology A-Z''. Simon & Schuster.
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Cryptozoology]]
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| *[[Gigantic octopus]]
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.strangemag.com/globhome.html Strangemag]
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| *[http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/viewarticle.php?id=114 Unexplained Mysteries]
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| *[http://www.geocities.com/capedrevenger/dubiousglobsters.html Dubious globsters]
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| *[http://www.newanimal.org/globsters.htm The Cryptid Zoo: Globsters]
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| [[Category:Sea and lake monsters]]
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