And the most viewed Eimer Debris page goes to...

A month ago, I subscribed to Feedburner (recently acquired by Google) to get an idea of who was coming to my page, where they were from and how the hell did they get there?

I won't go over all of the statistics. (If you want, I can join you over a beer and we can discuss), but the most viewed page of Eimer Debris this past month is....

Indiana Jones, Crystal Skulls, the Mayans and 2012

To be honest, I'm really not that surprised. There's a lot of hype about the new Indy flick and a lot of people have been curious what the fuck the crystal skulls are all about. So, it's a no-brainer.

I wrote the piece back in January because, frankly, I wasn't aware of the crystal skull phenomena. It remained in Blog limbo for quite some time. It wasn't until about three weeks ago when It started recording hits.

Today, the Indiana Jones page recorded an unprecedented 80 views (wow!) to bring the total number of views to 166 in the past month. That's even more than my main page views (of 120).

All I can say is I'm glad Google directed people to my site to share in my crystal skull, conspiracy theory passion. And I'm happy guys (and girls) can visit this site in order to get quality information and trivia to use in their neverending quest of hooking up. (More than likely getting rejected.)

In case you're curious, second place goes to HOW FAST CAN YOU RUN THE 100-METER DASH with 31 views followed by CLOVERFIELD AND THE MYSTERY OF THE BLOOP with a paltry 13 views.

With the exception of Carrie Kosicki's DISCONNECT , Kameron Kiggin's website and a couple close buddies, I'm surprised my MURDER HILL REVISITED hasn't gotten much play. Just goes to show you never know what people are going to find interesting.

Although I don't really do this for credit or kudos, It's always nice to get noticed now and again with a nice, little comment or even 126 views on a page you wrote. Thanks!

That said, back to the writing board.

Cloverfield and the mystery of the BLOOP.

With the release of the movie Cloverfield, many people are asking the question "Could such a creature exist in our waters?"

Well, basically, it's just me that's asking the question.

Author H.P. Lovecraft wrote of a creature called a Cthulu, which is described as terror and evil incarnate (whatever that means).
Many people, including myself, grew up watching the hokey Godzilla movies. And let's not forget the Kraken, which was highlighted in Clash of the Titans and re-visited as an octopus incarnate in the last two Pirates of the Caribbean films.

James Cameron's documentary Aliens of the Deep eloquently focused on the idea that we're not entirely sure what's in our oceans.

Then, of course, you've got your fictional deep-sea creature movies such as Deep Rising, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Jaws 3, Deep Blue Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, etc. etc. etc.

Although Star Trek geeks may disagree, I'm convinced that the final frontier isn't space, but the deep seas of our very own planet.

But what, exactly, could be lurking in our waters?

Could it be a giant squid?
Could it be the Loch Ness Monster incarnate (I love that word)?
Could it be mutated whales measuring the length of a football field?
Could it be aliens from the hit movie Cocoon?

Enter the strange frequency known as BLOOP.

During the summer of 1997, scientists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration revealed a mysterious recording that was picked up several times by undersea microphones.

Click here to listen the mysterious sound.

Although the scientists didn't actually come out and say the sound was a giant beast, all were in agreement that it was biological in nature.

Coincidentally, they nicknamed the unidentified sound "Bloop".

Eleven years later, the source of the sound still remains a mystery.

Many scientists claim that the bloop sound was much louder than a bloop produced by Earth's largest known whale, the blue whale. Others theorize that, more than likely, it's an extremely giant squid.

Some skeptics claim that it's nothing more than a giant piece of ice drifting along the ocean floor.

Regardless of what anyone thinks, scientists are still baffled by the sound.

Personally, I think it's a giant squid. Yet, the little kid inside me hopes that it's something else.

Perhaps something like the creature in Cloverfield.

Perhaps something that's just swimming around the ocean biding it's time until it rises from the ocean to create hell on Earth.

Perhaps Wilford Brimley incarnate.



BLOOP LINKS:

June 13, 2002 CNN Story

Wikipedia entry on BLOOP.