You Gotta See This: Fresh Softball Sized Eyeball Found On Beach In Florida, Video

BEWARE of a mysterious giant eyeball that washed ashore on a Florida Beach!

A massive eyeball from an unidentified sea creature washed ashore on Florida’s Pompano Beach on Wednesday.

No one knows what species the softball-sized eyeball could be from, but, whatever sea creature it is, it must be big enough to have eyeballs that barely fit in the palm of two hands.

The discovery of an enormous eyeball on a South Florida beach begs a very pertinent question: What kind of creature did it belong to?

The “mystery eyeball,” as it’s being referred to by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, was found Wednesday by a beachcomber on Pompano Beach.

Carli Segelson, spokeswoman for the agency, said the eyeball is slightly larger than a baseball and presumably belonged to some kind of marine animal.

“We’re hoping to determine what kind, but at this point we just don’t know,” Segelson said.

The eyeball is being preserved and will be delivered to the agency’s research lab in St. Petersburg, where it’s hoped an identification can be made.

The softball-sized eyeball was reported to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and wildlife officers put the giant eyeball on ice.

It will be preserved and sent to the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., for analysis.

Marine biologists couldn’t immediately identify the giant eyeball but researchers will use genetic testing if necessary to eyeball the mystery.

Some people say that the Mystery Eyeball came from a monster fish, a giant squid or even a whale.

Wildlife offiicers suspect a large fish like a swordfish, tuna, or some sort of deep-water fish species.

But other people warn that this is no fish!

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