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GIANT SQUID FOUND!

A couple of people who remembered my fascination with the cryptozoo e-mailed in to tell me about the recently spotted giant squid, and now that I look, some of the bloggers here were talking about it, too. Being a squid nut, I'm impressed by the shots, but by my personal definition, a 26' squid is not a giant squid. Call me when you get a 90-footer, crazy Japanese people. Sure, the evidence to support squids that big is a bit looser than a genuine video of the thing doing its squiddy dance, but of all the members of the cryptozoo, the super super super-sized squid is the one I have the most faith in. Squids really have no reason to ever stop growing, and considering where they live, it's very possible that a certain lucky few could attain sizes the likes of which no scientist with any interest in his/her reputation would ever suggest. My career isn't on the line, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say that there are squids in the ocean at least four miles long. If you want someone to say that squids will volunteer their services on dry land in an effort to grieve the murder of their young, talk to Peter Benchley.

Shut up, it's not late. It's still September 28th, and the Halloween Countdown entry for September 28th takes a look at the "That's Gross" toy collection -- a series of familiar Halloween toys repackaged under a single banner, all sold for the low price of a buck each. Everything from brains in slime to flies in slime to slimy tongues. And an eyeball that lights up. Enjoy. We're getting damn close to October.

PS, I still think Tummi's Halloween Jukebox beats any radio station in the galaxy.

Posted by Matt on 09/28/2005. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 66 comments

Just today my Target is getting halloween(-like??) I looked o ntheir website and I cant find that soda… Target is kinda selling themselvesd out for the damn costumes…

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 09/29/2005 10:22 AM

Matt,

How many of those cryptozoo things did you do? I can only find the yeti post when I do a search.

-Tim

Chestnuts roasted by Tim @ 09/29/2005 10:28 AM

kidneyboy, you can go to http://x-entertainment.com/halloweenjukemystery2/ and download the songs instead of streaming them. It will still take forever to get them, but you’ll only have to do it once.

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff @ 09/29/2005 10:39 AM

When I lived in Columbus, Target only had "upscale" fancy looking Halloween stuff like copper bats and metal pumpkin sculptures, and it was only in like 1 aisle. So if its improved I’m gonna check out the Pittsburgh ones. My wife is so upset cause our apartment looks like a damn haunted house with all the decorations INSIDE for MY enjoyment.

Chestnuts roasted by Funky Boo Berry the 70's Ghost @ 09/29/2005 10:47 AM

Thanks Jeff. That helped me too.

Chestnuts roasted by Sweetie @ 09/29/2005 10:48 AM

Tim, there were several. Try "Bigfoot".
Are there any celebrators of Dia de los Muertos around, or do most of us just stick to the devil-y candy night?

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/29/2005 10:57 AM

Yeah, I’ve done one on Bigfoot, the giant squid, and I think there’s something on Globsters hiding somewhere in the blog archives.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/29/2005 11:26 AM

haha @ "Luckily, I circumvent such "why me" thoughts with my fully realized, fully formed miniature brain."

gold star for X-E! great article

i can’t believe there’s a full moon roadshow..

Chestnuts roasted by diamondzdigidul @ 09/29/2005 11:52 AM

Jeff, any more songs wanted for the jukebox?

Chestnuts roasted by Scott @ 09/29/2005 12:20 PM

Pictures of giant squids are great and all, but the real benefit to mankind will be when swimmers in SeaWorld force them to jump through hoops and act like surfboards. God forbid anyone starts wearing squid skin jackets, stupid activists.

Chestnuts roasted by NutstoUs @ 09/29/2005 12:32 PM

Speaking of octupi and squids, I heard somewhere that they’re extremely smart. Any truth to this?

Chestnuts roasted by Julie @ 09/29/2005 12:47 PM

Who ever invented toy bodyparts is a genius.

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 09/29/2005 12:48 PM

I know more about an ock’s range of smarts, and yes, they are quite intelligent. An octopus also has a very unique way of living — "mannerisms," if you would call them that — that make it appear even more intelligent than it actually is. Which isn’t to say that they’re not smart, but for some reason, finding an animal that knows how to make its room messy makes it seem like more of a genius.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/29/2005 12:49 PM

I’ll tell ya what squids won’t do: invade Iraq for no reason at all. They’re definately smarter than W, and the one in the video is more alive than Cheney, as a matter of fact Cheney could use some of those gooey body parts and W could use the brain, except he’d probably choke on it. I wish a giant super squid would attack air force one. There’s my diatribe for the day.

Chestnuts roasted by Funky Boo Berry the 70s Ghost @ 09/29/2005 12:56 PM

Texican: dia de los muertos" is translated into "The day of the Dead". Mexicos version of halloween.

I’m not an expert or anything (outside of many years of Spanish class), but it’s a bit of a stretch to say that the Dia De Los Muertos is Mexico’s version of Halloween. If memory serves, it’s more about honoring/having a transdimentional party with your dead relatives. Halloween’s more about just going crazy with monsters and evil stuff. I guess both celebrations deal with death but that’s about the only similarity.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 09/29/2005 1:11 PM

Most of those items look fairly tame, all but the maggot ball. Maggots are always disgusting. A big fluffy stuffed animal maggot would still be gross.
In my area, there are a few targets in every town it seems. Growing up my mother and my friend’s mothers would call it Tar-JAY, (I don’t know how to type that sound, think French) I suppose in an effort to sound more upscale. Back then they didn’t hold the best of the cheap store title. It was pretty much all there was. We didn’t have Wal-Mart then. I hate Wal-Mart. It smells.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 09/29/2005 1:15 PM

Nothing like any kind of holiday-themed cheap crap. Now, just to give my fellow poster-toasters a quick Hallow-hint, buy a couple bags of pinata filler to mix into your candy this year. Looks good, and as Fearless Leader has pointed out, kids get all crazy-go-nuts over extra things in their bags, if it isn’t pennies or toothbrushes.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash is jonesin' for giant calamari @ 09/29/2005 1:17 PM

I picked up some of the the new Halloween-themed Kellogs cereals yesterday (Cocoa Crispies and Apple Jacks). It’s pretty much the original cereals with added marshmellows. But the packaging’s pretty boss and they come with free glow-in-the-dark scary stickers. And they’re only like $1.99 a box at my grocery store. Good times….

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 09/29/2005 1:19 PM

I was at a nearby Target recently,and they had pretty cool Halloween stuff,like replica chain maces and other such stuff,the kind of things you’d want to get if you were to dress up as an Orc from the LOTR films and such.

I guess sometimes I like it better than Wal-Mart becuase they’ll usually have stuff Wal-Mart never has (I bought my copy of Jon Stewart’s America The Book there),and isn’t that the reason why people like to shop around? For variety?

Chestnuts roasted by Overlord @ 09/29/2005 1:43 PM

Matt, why aren’t any of my posts published? If this one doesn’t go out, i’m gonna be very dissapointed with you. And by the way, the gun’s plastic, but still.

Chestnuts roasted by me, with a gun to his head @ 09/29/2005 2:14 PM

I have no idea what you’re talking about. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 09/29/2005 2:21 PM

I looked at that Halloween mp3 page,and it’s awesome,but "Cry Little Sister" is NOT by The Sisters of Mercy,as the vocalist doesn’t sound even remotely close. It’s by Gerard McMann. "Transylvanian Concubine" is by Rasputina,allthough I’m assuming it says "Manson" because it’s Marilyn Manson’s remix from the single.

Chestnuts roasted by Kid Nicky @ 09/29/2005 2:23 PM

Allright,now I’ve been listening to the jukebox,so who thinks we should go back in time and nominate Do The Freddy for a Grammy? That’s definately my new favorite song.

Chestnuts roasted by Kid Nicky @ 09/29/2005 2:41 PM

matt i know that you know that i know that you know that if you knew advanced quantumphfysics you would know what i’m talking about.

I’m drunk at the moment.

Chestnuts roasted by me @ 09/29/2005 3:03 PM

I’ve never posted before. I just wanted to say that I fricking love your site and instead of working at my job, I read about Halloween and Kool-Aid for hours while getting paid. It’s teh sweetest thing ever. perhaps even sweeter than cherry Kool-Aid made with twice the sugar. Thank you for helping me give it to the corporate machine.

Chestnuts roasted by Amanda @ 09/29/2005 4:39 PM

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