SHIPGOO001 The Black Goo Living Inside a Great Lakes Research Ship
Kevin Wikse investigates ShipGoo001 through the lens of black-goo folklore and Stephen King’s “The Raft,” adapted for Creepshow 2. Original Wikseverse artwork depicts Wikse overlooking a mysterious black slick surrounding an abandoned lake raft. I have a rule concerning mysterious black goo. Probably don’t touch it. I don't care if you're a scientist, cryptozoologist, occultist, government contractor, college kid swimming in an isolated lake, or the expendable NPC, whose sole purpose is demonstrating what the monster does before the opening credits. If you encounter an unidentified black substance somewhere it clearly should not be, perhaps leave it alone. Scientists aboard the research vessel R/V Blue Heron, however, did not follow this rule. Maybe that was a good thing, and maybe not. Because what they discovered is one of the strangest legitimate biological stories I have encountered in a while. It has been given the wonderfully ominous designation: ShipGoo001. And yes, ap...
