A globster is an unidentified carcass washed up on the shore of
an ocean or other body of water, or found in the stomach of a
whale. In the past these were often described as sea monsters,
and myths and legends about such monsters may often have started
with the appearance of a globster. Many globsters (such as the
famed Zuiyo Maru corpse) have initially been described as dead
plesiosaurs, although they later turn out to be the decayed
carcases of basking sharks. These mistaken identifications are
due to the lower jaw and lower tail lobe of the shark
decomposing first, giving the remainder a long-necked, thin-
tailed appearance when discovered. Another common explanation —
as with the "Chilean blob" of 2003 — is that many are large
amounts of whale blubber which have been released from decaying
whale corpses. Still others are unexplained. Giant and colossal
squid may also explain some globsters, particularly those which
are tentatively identified as monster octopuses. Some Globsters
are supposed to be the vict