* Blogmanac | Mystery monster from deep
July 2 2003
"Chilean scientists were baffled today by a huge, gelatinous sea creature found washed up on the southern Pacific coast and were seeking international help identifying the mystery specimen.

"The dead creature was mistaken for a beached whale when first reported about a week ago, but experts who went to see it said the 12-metre mass of decomposing lumpy grey flesh apparently was an invertebrate."

Maybe it's a marlin -- Brando. Read on
Thanks, Baz le Tuff for sending this one in. (Waddaryanutz??!!)