Mysterious purple spheres found in desert

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A couple from Tucson were perplexed when they came across a number of the objects while out sightseeing.

The strange spheres were found piled up in significant quantities, some of them watery and others translucent. "We were taking photos around the area and we just.... I mean, how could you miss this ?" said Geraldine Vargas who discovered the spheres with her husband. Reporters for TV station KGUN-9 were the first on the scene and filmed the spectacle for a televised broadcast

One theory to explain the strange objects is that the spheres are a type of slime, mould or jelly. Another suggestion is that they are an artificial product designed to absorb and hold moisture for use in hydrating plants, however there is no explanation for how they turned up in the middle of the desert. "It's just one of those things that you've never seen before," Geraldine added.

Gerardine Vargas was taking pictures in the desert, when she stumbled upon something strange; an isolated pile of thousands of tiny purple tinted spheres.

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#39 Posted by NikkiAidyn on 4 February, 2013, 1:40

Probably just a bunch of bored kids.

#40 Posted by Erowin on 4 February, 2013, 5:44

I know what these are! My sister bought some at the fair last year. They're these weird squishy colored balls you buy to put in a vase for flowers, these look identical. Once I saw how they moved when she ran the stick through, I knew it had to be those weird-o balls. Why someone dumped theirs in the desert, no idea.

#41 Posted by QuiteContrary on 4 February, 2013, 6:29

I can't think of a better place for water beads than the desert. Idk. Maybe this has to do with an individual's experiment for some sort of watering system for desert plant cultivation? Did it ever show exactly where this happened? Some people manage lush greenery around their homes in arid areas using different methods. Someone happened to spill their magic [s]beans[/s] beads, that's all.

#42 Posted by Earl.Of.Trumps on 5 February, 2013, 16:55

I was thinking manna, myself

#43 Posted by R4z3rsPar4d0x on 5 February, 2013, 21:59

strange none the less

#44 Posted by pallidin on 5 February, 2013, 23:34

I wonder if they are going to be lab tested. Granted, they probably are what was described earlier here.

#45 Posted by ReddWolfe on 6 February, 2013, 3:00

when i was whatching the video my friend said "are those alein eggs?"

#46 Posted by chopmo on 6 February, 2013, 8:44

Somebody quick get a homeless crackhead to smoke it for 5 bux and see what it's effects are hahaha, he could become a zombie

#47 Posted by H132 on 8 February, 2013, 20:31

rust fungal spores http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2011/08/19/guess-what-that-orange-goo-in-alaska-turned-out-to-be/ However, I challenge anyone to find rust fingal spores that look anything like this at all.

#48 Posted by ~C.S.M~ on 14 February, 2013, 15:17

did they take any samples? if not why?

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