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Cloudy with a Chance of Jellyfish? The Oakville Blob Mystery (Episode #62)

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Result of a military experiment gone wrong, negligent industrial waste, or a biological reaction from fungi. What exactly were these strange blobs that fell on Oakville in 1994?

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EPISODE RESOURCES

  • Funnell, Rachael. ‌“Oakville Blobs: In 1994, Mysterious Gelatinous Goo Rained down on Washington.” IFLScience, 9 Apr. 2024. www.iflscience.com/oakville-blobs-in-1994-mysterious-gelatinous-goo-rained-down-on-washington-73717
  • ‌Hotz, AJ. “Do Not Ask: The 1994 Oakville Blobs - AJ Hotz - Medium.” Medium, 28 Oct. 2024, medium.com/@ajhotz23/do-not-ask-the-1994-oakville-blobs-711bd8631fa8
  • ‌Mitchell, Robbie. “The Mystery of the Oakville Blobs.” Historic Mysteries, 29 Nov. 2022, www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/oakville-blobs/28982/
  • ‌Paulson, Tom. “STRANGE PHENOMENON; Mystery Blobs Rain on Oakville; What Are They and Where Do They Come From, Residents Ask, Authorities Are Clueless.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 19 Aug. 1994, web.archive.org/web/20201126014731/lmtribune.com/strange-phenomenon-mystery-blobs-rain-on-oakville-what-are-they-and-where-do-they-come/article_38ceff04-e9e5-5f96-ad8f-fa0ba34425df.html
  • Pesanti, Dameon. “The Day Blobs Rained Down on Oakville.” The Chronicle, 9 Aug. 2014, https://www.chronline.com/stories/the-day-blobs-rained-down-on-oakville,81399#google_vignette
  • ‌“The Blob.” Unsolved Mysteries, unsolved.com/gallery/the-blob/
  • “What Were the Oakville Blobs and What Caused Them?” Discovery UK, 17 May 2022, www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/what-were-the-oakville-blobs-and-what-caused-them/

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    Episode Thumbnail: Observer-Reporter, 20 Aug.1994 (Observer Publishing Co)

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    TIMESTAMPS
    00:00:00 - Beginning
    00:00:31 - Introduction
    00:09:44 - The Oakville Blob Mystery
    00:27:07 - Common Theories
    00:49:13 - Our Theories
    00:57:01 - Closing
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