The 1960 blob that gave all mystery blobs their name

In August 1960, something washed ashore on a remote beach in western Tasmania, about two miles north of the Interview River. It was 20 feet wide, 18 feet long, weighed somewhere between five and ten tons, and had no eyes. Instead of a mouth, it had what witnesses described as soft, tusk-like protuberances. Six fleshy appendages hung from its underside. …