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Whatever Just Washed Up in Indonesia is Maybe Not of this World
And people wonder why I stay out of the water.
In case you’ve been living under a rock (and you’ll probably want to after you lay eyes on this thing), a massive blob-like monster just washed ashore off the coast of the island of Seram in Indonesia. Video footage of the unidentified creature/monster/thing has mostly come courtesy of a local by the name of Patasiwa Kumbang Amalatu, whose uploads to YouTube today have positively gone viral. And it’s not hard to see why. Because nobody is quite sure what the hell he even captured footage of.
Here’s what we know. This thing is MASSIVE. Measuring 50-feet, it’s the size of a large passenger bus, and it’s decaying under the hot sun and spilling guts and copious amounts of blood into the water. Some have speculated that it’s either a giant squid or a super-sized humpback whale, but if it’s either of those things then I’d like to know why the hell it looks like it exploded from within. This looks more like viral marketing for Pacific Rim 2 or maybe the next Cloverfield film than it does anything I’ve ever seen here in the real world, so it’s hard to believe it’s merely a whale.
Whenever bizarre-looking things like this are found, they’re always written off with simple explanations. But ya know, I’m just not convinced.
Watch the creepiest ever found footage below.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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