Nantucket Blob
The Nantucket Blob was a globster that washed ashore on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, in November 1996.Puig, R. 2004. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080527140638/http://www.research.usf.edu/absolutenm/templates/newro.asp?articleid=571&zoneid=26 A Whale of a Tale]. Research Online, University of South Florida. Analysis of samples in 2004 suggests that the Nantucket Blob was a large mass of adipose tissue from a whale.Pierce, S., S. Massey, N. Curtis, G. Smith, C. Olavarría & T. Maugel 2004. [http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/full/206/3/125 Microscopic, Biochemical, and Molecular Characteristics of the Chilean Blob and a Comparison With the Remains of Other Sea Monsters: Nothing but Whales.] Biological Bulletin 206: 125–133.