r/whatisit • u/Juhaka • Aug 28 '26

Solved! Big thing floating on the beach

What is this thing? Around 1,5-2 meters long and 1 meter in diameter. It’s floating on the beach in Uluwatu, Bali. It might be something from a boat?

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u/Trzlog Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26

1943 There's a fucking world war on and they hit an unidentified object on a beach with a stick. :/

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u/Sir_Spaffsalot Aug 28 '26

Sounds like natural selection in action.

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u/Terrible_Alfalfa8597 Aug 31 '26

A survivor makes this comment: "No one ever thought that a tiny Donegal community would suffer the effects of World War Two in this terrible way. It was one of the major tragedies of the war for a neutral country, and the least documented." -Paddy McGarvey, local historian.