Weird things washed up on beaches

[krtek a houby]

Let's start with

Mysterious tar balls washing ashore force closure of seven beaches in Sydney including Bondi

Randwick council started closing its beaches, including Coogee, on Tuesday and neighbouring Waverley council followed suit on Thursday ‘out of precaution’

www.theguardian.com

No sign of an oil spill, maybe it's from an older incident?

 

[prunus]

I've got a photo of me that could definitely be captioned "Weird washed-up thing on beach." But that's not what you're looking for. Sorry.

 

[krtek a houby]

And this

White blobs washing up on Newfoundland beaches stump experts and worry resident beachcombers

White blobs of "a mystery substance" dotting beaches across Canada's far northeast Newfoundland and Labrador province spark an investigation.

www.cbsnews.com

Pancakes from whales and other weird suggestions.

The oceans are fucked, aren't they?

 

[cupid_stunt]

BBC NEWS | England | Washed up timber to be sold off

news.bbc.co.uk

Hundred of tonnes of timber washed ashore after a cargo ship sank off the Dorset coast is to be sold off.

Worthing beach has been shut to allow heavy machinery to remove the timber which has come ashore from the Greek-registered Ice Prince.

The ship sank about 26 miles (42km) off the coast after a storm.

That was back in 2008, they closed Worthing beach to stop people helping themselves, we went to the next village west, and got fucking loads from Ferring beach, for my brother's wood burner!

 

[cupid_stunt]

Concerns for children and dogs as cocaine washes up across Sussex

Residents have expressed their shock and concern after dozens of packages of cocaine worth £100,000 washed up across the coast

www.theargus.co.uk

Residents have expressed their shock and concern after dozens of packages of cocaine worth £100,000 washed up across the coast.

Tests proved that 131 packets that washed up in Sussex last month were cocaine with a street value of at least £13 million.
Colourful packages of cocaine began appearing on beaches across the county in early October, with each kilogram brick marked with the word POPI.
Armed police set up cordons and armoured cars were used to transport the drugs off the beaches.

That was last year, I did think of going foraging, but didn't fancy bumping into the armed cops.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Doctor explains why 21 human feet in sneakers washed on shore

The occurrence has become more common in parts of the Pacific Northwest over the years.

thehill.com

 

[Elpenor]

I wouldn’t say cocaine is a particularly unusual thing to find on a beach. Seems to be a few times a year round here.

As for picking it up, even if the cops are not there you don’t know who else is watching.

 

[DotCommunist]

The Cornish beaches where Lego keeps washing up

A container filled with Lego fell into the sea in 1997. The pieces are still turning up today.

www.bbc.co.uk

one of these turned up in 2015:

Guinness Collectors Club - The Bottle Drop

 

[Sweet FA]

I'm always hopeful for a big lump of sperm whale vomit.

Recently in Scotland...



but also south coast near me too...

 

[Chilli.s]

I'm always hopeful for a big lump of sperm whale vomit.

thats the one i dream about

 

[prunus]

I found a lump of amber the size of my fist once.

 

[Chilli.s]

I found a lump of amber the size of my fist once.

did you cash it in? any pics?

 

[prunus]

did you cash it in? any pics?

I thought my money worries were over, but it turns out that lumps of raw amber aren’t actually worth very much, I was offered £80 if I remember rightly, so I kept it. Not sure if I’ve got any pics, can’t find any just now certainly, sorry.

 

[Elpenor]

I found a lump of amber the size of my fist once.

Any mosquitos preserved inside and if so did you create a troupe of dinosaurs to stock a theme park?

 

[prunus]

Any mosquitos preserved inside and if so did you create a troupe of dinosaurs to stock a theme park?

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