More than three decades ago, tiny blobs of gelatinous goo of unknown origin rained down on the small Grays Harbor community and captured national headlines.

The cause of the strange phenomenon, and even what the blobs were made of -- remains an enigma. It was even the subject of an episode of the TV show Unsolved Mysteries. (Watch the episode here.)

No one knows what they were. But last month they returned. 

Guests:
Alli McCrite
Tom Paulson, former reporter for the Seattle P-I

Related Links:
Oakville blobs return? Resident says she and neighbors saw mysterious blobs falling from the sky once again last week
The Day Blobs Rained Down on Oakville

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More than three decades ago, tiny blobs of gelatinous goo of unknown origin rained down on the small Grays Harbor community and captured national headlines.
The cause of the strange phenomenon, and even what the blobs were made of -- remains an enigma. It was even the subject of an episode of the TV show Unsolved Mysteries. (Watch the episode <a href="https://youtu.be/BXuoqtaEVk0?t=120">here</a>.)
No one knows what they were. But last month they returned.&nbsp;
Guests:
<ul>
<li>Alli McCrite</li>
<li>Tom Paulson, former reporter for the Seattle P-I</li>
</ul>
Related Links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.chronline.com/stories/oakville-blobs-return-resident-says-she-and-neighbors-saw-mysterious-blobs-falling-from-the-sky,378885">Oakville blobs return? Resident says she and neighbors saw mysterious blobs falling from the sky once again last week</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.chronline.com/stories/oakville-blobs-return-resident-says-she-and-neighbors-saw-mysterious-blobs-falling-from-the-sky,378885">The Day Blobs Rained Down on Oakville</a></li>
</ul>
Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to&nbsp;<a href="http://kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes">kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes</a>
Soundside&nbsp;is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network.

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A mysterious phenomenon known as the “Oakville blobs” appears to have returned to a coastal Washington community, 31 years after the first reports of an unidentified gelatinous substance that fell from the sky.

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