The Toxic Blobs That Rained Down On Washington • Mystery Files

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It was DB Cooper. Same area. The money got moldy. What a gross dude.

Ryan throwing blobs at Shane and then immediately fearing retaliation is such sibling energy

"In Somerset England... which is... right there" *points at picture of mt rainier in Washington*

I grew up living directly next to a military installation, and I remember them "testing" and sometimes there would be a green fog hanging over my neighborhood. Like a legit very green very thick fog. I asked my mom like hey should we be worried about this? And she would just shrug and be like that's the military lol

The military was and is most definitely doing things and not telling us or warning us.

Ryan running away from Shane to avoid getting the blobs thrown at him, and then just standing there while Shane throws the blobs at him lol

I’m a molecular/cell biology and biotechnology student and just based on this video alone, without doing any other research, I believe that the blob could be some type of slime mold, fungus, bacteria and/or a mix of these (similar to lichen). The paramecium they showed can cause pneumonia, so that with a mix of preexisting conditions that the lady may have had could easily cause her symptoms to be worse. Ear infections can cause dizziness, headaches and nausea, so the doctor saying that isn’t outrageous. Another thing I found odd was when the biologist said that eukaryotic cells are a in “most” animals. Eukaryotic cells are in all animals. There are 3 domains that all living things are categorized in: bacteria, archaea, and eukarya. Animals are under the domain eukarya, meaning that they are eukaryotic. With all that being said, it’s really unfortunate that they don’t have the blobs anymore. With the technology that we have access to today, it would have been fascinating to do genome analysis and comparisons.

You NEED to do a mystery files about the 1951 Pont-Saint-Esprit mass poisoning where a town fell into mass hysteria and people believed it was from “cursed bread”

I think these are salamander eggs. There's a specific genus of salamander that doesn't have a nucleus in their red blood cells and are found in PNW. Plus these eggs can contain a toxins that cause symptoms similar to what was seen in town. Also, scientists still don't know the chemical makeup of the jelly surrounding the eggs, which would make sense as to why they couldn't identify them. It's possible eggs got swept up in a waterspout (like fish raining in texas) - everything would fit. Hope this doesn't get lost in the fray!

Shanes voice when he realized oppossums died.. I could feel his heart break.

The sponsorship being a whole callback to Shane’s old video 😭 I never expected Professor Morris Ashley to make a come back, but I’m certainly pleasantly surprised!

I study ecology and a big part of that is seeing how environmental toxins affect the human body. Unfortunately, a lot of these toxins are a result of industrial & military waste and end up causing widespread illness and animal death. There are numerous cases of communities experiencing devastating health consequences and the industries and corporations easily cover them up or are never held accountable. That would be my theory since it matches other cases of environmental contamination

There was something notably chaotic, whimsical, and goofy about this episode. Big fan of this vibe.

OAKVILLE WASHINGTON MENTIONED!!! SHOUTOUT TO THE WOODEN BIGFOOT STATUE!!!
fun fact the town motto is "acorns."

"Eukaryotic cells, found in most animals" Someone inform the biologist that that is literally the domain animals are in, eukaryotes. Plants, fungi, animals, and Protista are all eukaryotic. All these things have that cell type.

The fact that the WA department of health turned around and said they don’t have a record of receiving the blobs makes me go hard for theory #4

It’s sort of hilarious that a guy who believes in ghosts and aliens visiting earth thinks a large school of jellyfish being exploded to bits and raining down is absurd.

These sponsorship ads just keep getting better and better, first sexy saxophone and now professor rapping Shane?? 😂

I like Shane’s initial theory, some sort of waste mixed with water, i was thinking a dead whale or something, and it just got carried with the storm process

Whenever I hear the phrase "from the Creepy to the Truly Bizzare, and Everything In Between" I'm like... does that include, like, really normal stuff, too? Will we get a Mystery Files video of "Where do your socks really go after the dryer monster has eaten them?" or "Why do people rush to get in front of you and then go as slooooow assss posssibbbbllllleeee?"