Strange, blobaceous 'alien pod' lifeform found in Virginian lake • The Register

Strange, blobaceous 'alien pod' lifeform found in Virginian lake • The Register: "Baffled passers-by have discovered a large, bizarre, blob-like lifeform floating in an artificial lake in Virginia. As there appeared no way in which the slow-moving, four-foot 'mysterious blob' could have got into the lake naturally, the thing's discoverers - theorising that it must have come from above - have dubbed it the 'alien pod'."