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Globsters

The term globster refers to any carcass from the sea that cannot be identified. These are usually found washed up on the shore but can also be discovered by fishing boats or inside the stomach of a large creature such as a whale.

Globsters are of interest to cryptozoologists simply because they are unidentified. In some cases they seem to defy identification completely - the hope is that in these cases the creature might be a new one or one previously believed to be extinct.

The nature of a globster is such that it is usually decomposing and in poor condition. Hence it cannot usually be said that the remains are definitely not those of a known animal. The best that can usually be said is that the globster doesn't seem to be related to any known species. However some people claim that because of this the scientific establishment refuses to take globsters seriously and simply allows them to decompose past the point of analysis.

Some people see this as evidence of a conspiracy theory. Others argue that marine biologists simply have better things to do with their time.

What Are Globsters?

According to the established scientific community, globsters are simply the corpses of known if unusual sea creatures that have decomposed and/or been mutilated in such a way as to make recognition difficult. Often the globster is labelled as some species of shark or whale.

It is undoubtedly true that the majority of globsters can be explained in this way. However there remain a few - such as the weird 1956 100ft long "whale" corpse washed ashore off the Gulf of Alaska - that seem to defy such classification.

To cryptozoologists the allure remains that the globster might be an unknown species that normally lives in the depths of the ocean and has not yet been discovered by humanity.

A "half way" theory sometimes proposed is that the globster could be the remains of some prehistoric creature that has been frozen in ice then thawed and washed ashore.