Researchers have nicknamed the strange unidentified sound picked up by undersea microphones “Bloop.”
While it bears the varying frequency hallmark of marine animals, it is far more powerful than the calls made by any creature known on Earth, Britain’s New Scientist reported on Thursday.
It is too big for a whale and one theory is that it is a deep sea monster, possibly a many-tentacled giant squid.
Let the Cthulhu jokes begin!
[via Moreover – Espionage news]