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[Aqizzar]

I imagine it would look like all the other semi-motile crap that accumulates in a fishtank.

Though they're all growing above what appears to be the normal waterline.  Maybe it needs access to air?

[Virex]

Looks like an aquatic snail to me, but how would that survive in a sewer?

[Tormy]

Wth? I am not allowed to watch this video? When I try to open the link, this message appears: "This video is private." 

[LegoLord]

Looks like an aquatic snail to me, but how would that survive in a sewer?

Snails have shells.

I wouldn't be surprised if it needed access to air to survive.  There's a lot of junk in sewer water, so there probably isn't as much oxygen in it.

[Sowelu]

That movie has haunted me since I saw it last night.  Seriously.

D:

Yeah, I liked the suggestion that it was actually a bunch of small worms, and that they were reacting to the heat from the lamp as the camera-device got closer.

[Ampersand]

Video is private.

Edit:

Okay, no longer private.

After viewing, I have decided that I don't like any of the explanations given, except for the insinuation that it is an elaborate hoax.

That, or the invasion has begun.

Edit2:

Let us assume that the video is legitimate. The text on the video indicates that the sewer pipe that is being inspected is the main pipe for the town, Cameron Village, in North Carolina. If that is the case, the pipe is probably in the range of four feet tall, enough for a man to walk through crouched over. If that is the case, the things range from fist to head sized.

Edit3: Looking at it again, there is another way to get a sense of the scale of the pipe. As the robot moves down the pipe, a counter in the bottom right corner keeps track of the distance it travels, putting roughly two feet between the first and second object.

[Smitehappy]

If my biology skills don't fail me I do believe thats a Phylactolaemata.

[Aqizzar]

Edit3: Looking at it again, there is another way to get a sense of the scale of the pipe. As the robot moves down the pipe, a counter in the bottom right corner keeps track of the distance it travels, putting roughly two feet between the first and second object.

Which, compared to the scale of the distance, would make the objects a few inches in diameter.

Don't assume that "main sewer" means a pipe big enough to hold multiplayer deathmatches in.  Most real sewers, especially in small towns, are very tiny.  And there's no real indication what "main" means.

That's one reason why I think it's some kind of bullcrap - very thin documentation.

[Duke 2.0]

 Note I would have made a Species reference if not for the total lack of images from that movie that are visibly relevant to the video. Seriously, it's all Natasha Henstridge in various versions of box art.

 But yes, whatever we do we shall not use fire. Things like this always seem to either be immune to the stuff, simply go into a spore form or grow from it.

[Cecilff2]

Just Bryozoans folks

http://www.kdvr.com/kdvr-prehistoricsewermonstercaug-5439314,0,673974.story

[Creamcorn]

All I got was the youtube equivalent of a "fuck you" when I clicked the link, i.e. the video was deleted.

[Sowelu]

Edit3: Looking at it again, there is another way to get a sense of the scale of the pipe. As the robot moves down the pipe, a counter in the bottom right corner keeps track of the distance it travels, putting roughly two feet between the first and second object.

Which, compared to the scale of the distance, would make the objects a few inches in diameter.

Don't assume that "main sewer" means a pipe big enough to hold multiplayer deathmatches in.  Most real sewers, especially in small towns, are very tiny.  And there's no real indication what "main" means.

That's one reason why I think it's some kind of bullcrap - very thin documentation.

Ah!  I never thought to look at the numbers, but from the *surface tension* of the water alone I thought it was very small scale

[Ampersand]

I never said it was large enough for you to stand tall in, only stand crouched in, which is not so unusual. If the distance moved by the robot is indeed as listed, which was about two feet or so, then I still have to say that the growths were between fist and head sized, which is still, as Aqizzar says, no more than a few inches across.

[RavingManiac]

Backup link/video:
http://deepseanews.com/2009/06/creatures-from-the-sewer/

[Akroma]

once sewersystems are properly established in DF, it would be awesome to see one of those, except that it would be huge and eating your dwarves


or maybe, a small sized version that eats your cats, and a very rare big one for dwarves