Elonka wrote:
] ] Scientists have been boggled by the 40-foot-long mass of
] ] gray, gelatinous flesh that was first spotted over a week
] ] ago near Puerto Montt, about 600 miles south of the
] ] capital, Santiago.
] ]
] ] Whale conservationists went to see it last Sunday,
] ] thinking it was a beached whale, but quickly concluded it
] ] was an invertebrate, appealing to international experts
] ] for help.
]
] Whale, giant octopus, squid, or something new?

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/07/04/chile.creature.reut/index.html

More pics and a recap. They have samples.

RE: Reuters: Unidentified Sea Creature Washes up in Chile