Huge eyeball from unknown creature washes ashore on Florida beach

Orlando Sentinel ^ | 10-11-2012 | David Fleshler

[smoothsailing]

Huge eyeball from unknown creature washes ashore on Florida beach

By David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel
October 11, 2012

A giant eyeball from a mysterious sea creature washed ashore Wednesday in Pompano Beach.

No one knows what species the huge eyeball came from, but whatever it is, it has blue eyes and has to be big enough to have eyeballs bigger than softballs. Among the possibilities being discussed are a giant squid, some other large fish or a whale or other large marine mammal.

A man spotted the eyeball Wednesday and reported it to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

"He was walking along the beach and found it and thought it looked like something cool," said Carli Segelson, spokeswoman for the commission.

[Batman11]

“Mullah Omar?”

Ding, ding, ding!! I think we have a winner!

[WL-law]

1958 sci-fi flick “The Crawling Eye”, trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXAfJ1QYQUM

[smoothsailing]

I don’t get it either.

Google sure considers it news.

1,040 results on my search for “Pompano Beach eyeball”.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Pompano%20Beach%20eyeball#q=Pompano+Beach+eyeball&hl=en&tbm=nws&prmd=imvnsu&source=lnt&tbs=sbd:1&sa=X&ei=xWZ3UKjuD_CB0QGCpYHADA&ved=0CCMQpwUoAQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=7b78da67a9997ac1&bpcl=35243188&biw=1152&bih=779

[shibumi]

Ia! Shub Niggurath!

(Keeping Her Eye Out For Humanity)

[GreenLanternCorps]

I have a list of suspects...

[blueunicorn6]

And now, ladies and gentlemen, for your listening pleasure, Crystal Gayle will sing her hit, DON’T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYE BLUE. Take it away, Crystal!

[JoeProBono]

[blueunicorn6]

Thanks, Crystal! Now, straight from Texas! It’s Willie Nelson with his hit BLUE EYE LAYING ON THE BEACH!

[smoothsailing]

LOL!

[tbw2]

It might be from a giant squid.

[smoothsailing]

She's an alltime favorite of mine!!!

[smoothsailing]

She's an alltime favorite of mine!!!

[Slings and Arrows]

o/~ I only have eyes for you... o/~

[Liberty Valance]

OMG....it’s the Kraken!

[SunkenCiv]

Wow, eyes have those?

[poobear]

Yep, I was waiting for someone to post squid. As a native Floridian, many many stories of these guys checking in at the surface and “eying” fishermen!

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

So they finally decided to get Kraken.

[bmwcyle]

Excellent

[a fool in paradise]

"He was walking along the beach and found it

You think you are on a secluded beach only to discover the ocean staring at you.

[a fool in paradise]