The beaches of Texas have long been considered a powerful "junk magnet" that will always attract something unexpected and even terrifying.
For example, a precious metal safe:
A variety of live animals:
There is also the "witch's bottle" full of mystery:
According to records, the bottle contains some plant-related items related to the human body, which in the past was believed to have some kind of "magic" to attract or harm someone.
Therefore, many people pick it up and still dare not open it.
However, that's not all the beach is the most dreaded trash.
Researchers have picked up dozens of dolls known as "nightmares" while regularly examining injured animals on the beach.
Next, please be mentally prepared, these dolls are not good:
The first two photos are still relatively modest
The next two will be a little aggressive
Barnacles grow out of their eyes.
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According to statistics, researchers found at least 30 dolls on this beach.
These dolls are all over the ordinary, mutilated, with no limbs, no hair or eyes, long periods of wandering in the ocean, and barnacles overgrown on their bodies.
Crippled body, hairless, barnacle-overgrown, with a weird smile, these elements combine to create a rhythm that sends chills down the spine.
Some netizens said: "After watching these dolls, it is no less than watching a horror movie!"
But the researchers' attitude is quite the opposite: "Patrolling the beach every day is a challenge, and I'm not sure what I'll encounter today." ”
They are very keen to collect these dolls and post pictures of the dolls in the media, and if anyone likes them, they will auction off the eerie and mutilated dolls in a charity society.
The first doll they found was actually a doll with a more intimate function, and it was this:
It was bought by a mystery buyer for $35, and the proceeds will be used for a turtle rescue project.
According to experts, the dolls may have been dropped from the boat and then drifted to the Texas coastline with the currents.
Because of the special geographical environment, according to statistics, the Texas coast receives 10 times more garbage than the Florida and Mississippi coasts.
Broken feet in sneakers
In the United States, the coast famous for its "garbage" is not only the coast of Texas, but also the Salish Coast of Washington State.
On the Salish Coast, on the border between the United States and Canada, human limbs in sneakers are always found here.
According to statistics, since 2007, a total of 24 human stumps have been found on the Salish coast, 16 in Canada and 8 in the United States.
These stumps are all human feet, both left and right, and these feet have rotted into white bones, some only have the metacarpal bones, and some are connected to the lower leg bones, and the size and length are different.
Curiously, these feet are wearing sneakers, and sneaker brands are still abundant, Nike, Adi, New Balance, Reebok, and many more, as well as some unknown brands. They come in different sizes and styles.
The severed limbs were found intermittently on the beach, and the locations in which they were found were not the same.
When the broken foot was first discovered, the incident caused quite a stir in the local community.
People wonder, "Where did the severed limb come from, why do they always show up here, why are they all wearing shoes?"
Because it is so weird, some people think that it is a nearby criminal gang or a serial murderer, secretly disposing of the body.
However, no matter how the police investigated, they did not find any clues about the criminals.
Finally, the case is closed: it is not a murder, the severed limb was floated from a corpse at sea, and these people may have accidentally fallen into the sea or jumped into the sea to their deaths.
In order to verify whether the police are lazy, scientists have also conducted relevant experiments, and the results are consistent with the police's statement.
Scientists believe that after death, due to decomposition, a large amount of gas accumulates in the body of the corpse, so it will float on the surface of the sea, but as time passes, the decomposition becomes more and more serious, the gas will overflow, and finally the corpse will sink to the bottom of the sea.
At this time, many scavengers come to have a full meal. It didn't take long for the corpse to be left with only hard bones.
So how do the leg bones float to the shore? The answer is sneakers.
In the process of decay and animal gnawing, the hands, feet and head are easily separated from the body, and these parts will not float when they fall off, but it is different when wearing sneakers, sneakers are very light, and under the buoyancy of the shoes, the leg bones and foot bones will be carried to the surface of the sea.
The Salish Coast happens to be an "in-in, no-out" sea, and the unique topography is blessed by the sea breeze, causing more "garbage" to stay on this coast, including all kinds of severed limbs wearing sneakers.
At last
Overall, "Picking up _____ by the sea" is a fill-in-the-blank question with no standard answer.
It may seem like a treasure hunt, but in essence, it is a very serious environmental pollution problem.
Because there is so much garbage in the ocean, it gives this fill in the blank infinite possibilities.