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Mysterious 'black goo' life form found in docked ship in Cleveland, Ohio
Unexplained Mysteries ^ | July 5, 2025 | T.K. Randall

Posted on 07/05/2025 9:56:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The strangeness began when a research boat known as the Blue Heron started experiencing mechanical difficulties during a trip to Lake Erie and was dry-docked for repairs.

While investigating the issue, Captain Rual Lee discovered a strange thick, black tar-like substance that seemed to be oozing out of the rudder.

Unable to determine what it was, he sent a sample to the University of Minnesota Duluth.

When researchers analyzed the substance, they discovered that it contained 20 DNA sequences and while many could be identified, several were completely novel and unknown to science.

They concluded that the substance - now known as 'ShipGoo1' - is a single-celled organism. Its precise nature and origins, however, remain a mystery.

(Excerpt) Read more at unexplained-mysteries.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: blob; blueheron; ccp; china; cleveland; cryptobiology; dna; goo; helixmakemineadouble; lakeerie; life; rudder; shipgoo; shipping; tar; theblob; xfiles; youknowthething

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1 posted on 07/05/2025 9:56:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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City of Light, City of Magic.


2 posted on 07/05/2025 9:56:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Wasn’t there an X-Files episode where black goo came out of a UFO that was underwater?


3 posted on 07/05/2025 10:00:07 PM PDT by curious7
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This reminds me of the stuff the Russians found growing in the back of their old space station.


4 posted on 07/05/2025 10:02:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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Uh oh, describing this goooo as black is, Yes....... Rayyyycist!


5 posted on 07/05/2025 10:04:28 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try - AND - Every Time You Fall Down, Get The Frak Up! )
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To: BenLurkin

A. So, what happened to that gob of goo?
B. Was more being produced?
C. Can it survive being frozen or exposed to high temps?
D. When/ where was this?
E. How did it smell?


6 posted on 07/05/2025 10:10:49 PM PDT by lee martell
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7 posted on 07/05/2025 10:12:40 PM PDT by spokeshave (Proud Boys, Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads & Curmudgeons)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

It’s a tarbaby...duh.


8 posted on 07/05/2025 10:13:46 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: BenLurkin

You guys haven’t seen “The H-Men”. Man I’m getting old. They were found on a ship too. Sheeesh! 😛


9 posted on 07/05/2025 10:18:22 PM PDT by Equine1952 (MM1SS)
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‘...it contained 20 DNA sequences and while many could be identified, several were completely novel and unknown to science.’

oh no. several sequences novel and completely unknown. what will the those intrepid darwinists do now? so many recent mutations required unless this life form is very, very ancient. but then where’s the common ancestor? what to do? what to do? i know what they’ll do: Aliens!


10 posted on 07/05/2025 10:18:38 PM PDT by dadfly
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Whatever it is, try not to track it into the house and get it on the carpet, okay?.


11 posted on 07/05/2025 10:20:40 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: BenLurkin
From the article: ...it contained 20 DNA sequences...



12 posted on 07/05/2025 10:23:39 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: curious7
Not sure what you mean. Having trouble seeing to read your post at the moment. IMG-0868
13 posted on 07/05/2025 10:24:08 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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VenomSpiderMan

It can only be defeated with specific harmonics.

14 posted on 07/05/2025 10:25:44 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (Spreading metal gospel on Sesame Street - Pastor of Muppets.)
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To: BenLurkin

The Blob.


15 posted on 07/05/2025 10:26:15 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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Whatever it is you can be sure Dim judges will welcome it and try to give it asylum so it can stay!.


16 posted on 07/05/2025 10:31:22 PM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other, Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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Cool stuff. It’s not that novel, though. It’s a known class of bacteria.

“The ShipGoo1 shares similarities with other microbes found in tar pits and underground petroleum deposits, a detail that leads Sheik to believe they entered the Blue Heron in the petroleum-based grease that keeps the rudder from seizing up.”


17 posted on 07/05/2025 10:32:02 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s what democrats come back as.

Reincarnation karma, baby.


18 posted on 07/05/2025 10:38:27 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: BenLurkin

Beware the Blob.😳😳


19 posted on 07/05/2025 10:39:19 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first, we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: BenLurkin

Lt. Tasha Yar needs to stay as far away from this as possible


20 posted on 07/05/2025 11:26:06 PM PDT by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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