Residents and experts baffled after gooey blobs wash up on beaches in Newfoundland

They are slimy on the outside, firm and spongy on the inside, and surprisingly combustible. In recent months, the white "blobs" spotted on beaches in the eastern Canadian province of Newfoundland have baffled residents and marine scientists.

- Leyland Cecco

Attention was first drawn to the blobs by a post on the Beachcombers of Newfoundland and Labrador Facebook group. A user named Philip Grace uploaded an image of a pale, gooey mass, which he compared to the dough used to make toutons, a Newfoundland fried delicacy.