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Via Giz. The crew at DeepSeaNews.com sent the video over to Dr. Timothy S. Wood, an expert on freshwater bryozoa and an officer with the International Bryozoology Association (what fun parties they must have, eh?), and he had this to say about it: Thanks for the video – I had not see it before. No, these are not bryozoans! 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 ...
Update: Sewer Monster is Not Viral Marketing, Still Creepy.
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I jumped the gun claiming the video of an ‘unknown life form’ clinging to the walls of a sewer line was not only viral marketing, but viral marketing for DISTRICT 9. Turns out the video is A) 100% real and b) still without unanimous identification.
The original YouTube user that posted the video has since pulled it (though one can still find it), but io9 have done the round up and discovered that the sewer line in question is privately operated and outside of the City of Raleigh’s control. Furthermore, there is a split in the scientific community as to what exactly the pulsating sac of insomnia is.
The ...
Don't Kill The Messenger XXIV
The Horror Section —
Another late night equals another late post. Here is what's newsworthy this week. The Blood-Dimmed Tide. I'm an avid viewer of the programming on Rev3 and one of their newest shows is one called Film Riot. It is a video podcast focusing on DIY film tricks, hosted by a guy named Ryan Connolly. Last week's episode was ...
