Strange softball-sized eyeball washes up on beach

Plenty of strange things can wash up on a beach. But even seasoned beach-goers might be surprised by what one Florida man discovered on his morning walk: a strange eyeball the size of a softball.

Gino Covacci was walking along Pompano Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale, when he spotted the unusual blue orb. Intrigued, he examined the object and quickly determined it was a huge eyeball. He informed a police officer who passed along the information to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

"It was very, very fresh," Covacci told the Orlando Sentinel. "It was still bleeding when I put it in the plastic bag."

State officials are unsure what species the blue eyeball comes from. The strange orb was sent to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg for analysis.

Agency spokeswoman Carli Segelson told the Associated Press the eyeball likely came from a marine animal, since it was found on a beach. Possible candidates include a giant squid, a whale or some type of large fish.

[crob247]

awesome!!!

[hypnotoad72]

Hey, that's the novelty baseball that A-Rod won at a county fair 25 years ago! Give it back!

[MVeselka]

And the main question on everybody's mind is: "Where is the other eye?!?!"

[ToolMangler1]

Not only that, but "Is the owner of the eyeball still alive"? I wonder if it will come 'after' its own flesh and blood???
MMWWWWAAAAAAHHHAAAAHHHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

[hillarynow]

It was confirmed, now we know, it belongs to a giant squid. The squid was last seen swallowing what appeared to be a human body around the area where Bin Laden was dumped. They believe Osama was still wearing his suicide vest when the squid ate him..

[hillarynow]

It was confirmed, now we know, it belongs to a giant squid. The squid was last seen swallowing what appeared to be a human body around the area where Bin Laden was dumped. They believe Osama was still wearing his suicide vest when the squid ate him..

[imnho]

It the all seeing eye of amagatto

[IamGroot]

*Agomotto

I knew what you meant, Nice!

But clearly this is from Cthulu, a sign of things to come haha

[ToolMangler1]

Methinks it belongs to 'Trent Kort' from NCIS..

[llcarignan]

It's a squid eye.

[Wizstars]

Paul Ryan pulled his eye out and threw it in the ocean to hide it. But it washed back up onto shore, becauze: "You Can't Hide Your Lyin' Eyes!"

"My, oh, my, you sure know how to arrange things,
You set it up so well, so carefully;
Ain't it funny how your new lie didn't change things,
You're still the same old (filthy lying heap of elephant-dung) you used to be."

(apologies to the Eagles!)

[micmac666]

Ol' Blue Eye.

[BillyBadAzzz]

It's Odins