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Attack of the slime eels! Truck carrying 7,500lbs of the slimy sea creatures flips and covers everything in its path with a thick layer of sludge on Oregon highway

  • Salvatore Tragale was unable to stop a truck filled with 13 containers of hagfish
  • The containers spilled onto Highway 101 near Otter Rock, Oregon, on Thursday
  • The fish, known as 'slime eels', were on their way to Korea, where they are eaten
  • Several cars were covered in goo and swamps of slime slid across the highway
  • The crash sparked a five-car pileup, but no one was seriously injured

By Dailymail.com Reporter

PUBLISHED: 23:35 EDT, 13 July 2017 | UPDATED: 06:12 EDT, 14 July 2017

 

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An Oregon highway looked like a scene out of a science-fiction film after a truck filled with eels overturned on Thursday, leaving a slippery film of goo in its wake.

Salvatore J. Tragale was unable to stop a truck filled with 13 containers of hagfish, or 'slime eels' when he approached traffic, which had backed up due to construction on Highway 101.

The containers spilled onto the road near Otter Rock, sparking a chain reaction that led to a five-car pileup, although no one was seriously hurt.

An Oregon highway looked like the scene out of a science-fiction film after a truck filled with eels overturned on Thursday
 
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An Oregon highway looked like the scene out of a science-fiction film after a truck filled with eels overturned on Thursday

Salvatore J. Tragale was unable to stop a truck filled with 13 containers of hagfish, or 'slime eels' when he approached traffic
 
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Salvatore J. Tragale was unable to stop a truck filled with 13 containers of hagfish, or 'slime eels' when he approached traffic

The containers spilled onto the road near Otter Rock, sparking a chain reaction that led to a five-car pileup
 
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The containers spilled onto the road near Otter Rock, sparking a chain reaction that led to a five-car pileup

Horrific photographs show at least one car in a swamp of slime, with the goo dramatically dripping down the trunk and the highway had to be partially shut down and cleaned up
 
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Horrific photographs show at least one car in a swamp of slime, with the goo dramatically dripping down the trunk and the highway had to be partially shut down and cleaned up

Tragale was driving a truck filled with 7,500-pounds of hagfish destined for Korea, where the animals are enjoyed as food.

Hagfish often produce slime when they are agitated since it helps them escape predators, and a whole lot of it ended up on Highway 101 on Thursday.

Horrific photographs show at least one car in a swamp of slime, with the goo dramatically dripping down the trunk.

Witness Erin Butler spoke of her confusion in the aftermath and told KMOV: 'They were writhing and slimy, and it was unbelievable, just unbelievable. It was disgusting.'

The Oregon State Police joked 'Cleanup on aisle 101' on Twitter, adding: 'In this heat... what is this going to start smelling like in the next few days?'

Authorities urged drivers to avoid the area. One lane of Highway 101 was shut down, and deputies from the  Lincoln County Sherriff's Office were on hand with the state's Department of Transportation.  

Witness Erin Butler spoke of her confusion in the aftermath and told KMOV: 'They were writhing and slimy, and it was unbelievable, just unbelievable'
 
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Witness Erin Butler spoke of her confusion in the aftermath and told KMOV: 'They were writhing and slimy, and it was unbelievable, just unbelievable'

The Oregon State Police joked 'Cleanup on aisle 101' on Twitter, adding: 'In this heat... what is this going to start smelling like in the next few days?'
 
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The Oregon State Police joked 'Cleanup on aisle 101' on Twitter, adding: 'In this heat... what is this going to start smelling like in the next few days?'

 
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Hagfish often produce slime when they are agitated since it helps them escape predators, and a whole lot of it ended up on Highway 101 on Thursday



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4695338/Truck-slime-eels-overturns-Oregon-highway.html#ixzz4mo2gpiMp 
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2fun.gif Oh, I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't laugh but dang! Some of those pics . . . and then to have the reporter describe it as "horrific". lol It's a slimy mess for sure. I can just imagine the smell. Ewwww! 



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Where is a truck full of eels even going in the first place! lol

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Yuck. Ms. Insurance Agent? I was slimed by eels and my car is totaled!

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Here are Farmer's we know a thing or two about eels.

I am glad I didn't read this while I was at the beach.

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