“We were asked by our client to inspect the sewer lines, which were built in 1949.” Because the sewers are so old, there were many infrastructure issues.” “一些客戶要求我們?nèi)z查一下1949年修建的下水道。因為下水道太破舊了，所以里面有很多的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施問題?！?/blockquote>
除了腐爛的混凝土、惡臭的污水和該死的蜉蝣之外，他們的相機還發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個完全令人出乎意料的東西——一個身份不明、不可否認是最怪誕的、一個長相類似于1958年驚悚電影《變形怪體》里膠水怪物的生物正附著在下水道的墻上。這些生物簡直令人匪夷所思，有些人認為它們可能來自這個世界之外。當?shù)厝搜杆俚貙⑦@一奇怪的東西稱為“卡梅隆村下水道膠水怪物（The Cameron Village Sewer Blob）”。
“The video was taken in a private sewer system by a private contractor working for them. It does not belong to the City of Raleigh nor will it reach the Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant.” “這段視頻實際上是由為他們工作的私人承包商在一個私人下水道系統(tǒng)所拍攝的。它不屬于羅利市，也不會到達紐斯河污水處理廠。”
“I’ve seen a lot of sewer TV before and I’ve never seen them. We were surprised. We didn’t know immediately what it was… Every now and then, you see something like that. Generally, the only things you see in sewer lines are roots, grease, maybe a rat or some bugs. Thankfully I don’t have to mess to too much with sewers anymore.” “我以前看過很多下水道的影片，但我從未見過這樣的東西，我們當時都很驚訝。我們當時還不知道那是什么……我相信你會肯定會時不時地看到這樣的東西。一般來說，你在下水道里看到的東西只有根、油脂、一只老鼠或者一些蟲子。謝天謝地，我再也不必在下水道上浪費太多時間了。”
“I think it’s a colony of bryozoans. They are small animals like a hydra that live together in colonies, and they stick out tentacles to feed. And when they’re disturbed, they withdraw into small tubes that they’ve built… bryozoans aren’t dirty and don’t carry diseases, and they don’t bite or sting. There’s really no reason to clear them out unless they become an issue of clogging the sewer pipe.” “我認為這是一群苔蘚蟲。它們是一類像水螅一樣的小動物，它們會群居在一起，并且伸出觸角覓食。當它們受到干擾時，它們就會縮回到自己建造的小管子里……苔蘚蟲不臟，它們不會不傳播疾病，也不會咬人或蜇人。真的沒有理由清除它們，除非它們會堵塞下水道?！?/blockquote>
但是俄亥俄州代頓市萊特州立大學生物科學系的苔蘚蟲專家蒂莫西·S·伍德博士卻反駁了這一理論：
“No, these are not bryozoans! They are clumps of annelid worms, almost certainly tubificids. Normally these occur in soil and sediment, especially at the bottom and edges of polluted streams. In the photo they have apparently entered a pipeline somehow, and in the absence of soil they are coiling around each other. The contractions you see are the result of a single worm contracting and then stimulating all the others to do the same almost simultaneously, so it looks like a single big muscle contracting.” “不，這些不是苔蘚蟲！它們是由環(huán)節(jié)動物所組成的團塊，而且我們幾乎可以肯定是水絲蚓。通常它們會出現(xiàn)在土壤和沉積物中，尤其是在污染河流的底部和邊緣里。在照片中，它們似乎不知何故進入了一條管道之中，在沒有土壤的情況下，它們只能彼此盤繞。你所看到的肌肉收縮實際上是單個蠕蟲肌肉收縮的結(jié)果，然后刺激所有其他蠕蟲幾乎同時做同樣的事情，所以它看起來就像單個會收縮的大肌肉一樣。”
