The mystery “poo balls” finally have a culprit: a fatberg so gigantic—roughly four buses wide—it’s squatting under the Malabar, Australia wastewater plant like a greasy troll. Stuck in an unreachable tunnel “dead zone,” the blob keeps shedding little nuggets that wash up on beaches, horrifying swimmers and delighting scientists who confirmed the balls contain, yes, human poop.
Officials can’t get to the monster, can’t remove it, and can’t promise it won’t keep flinging souvenirs, though they do have a $2‑billion, decade‑long plan to fix the system. Until then, Sydney’s beaches remain at the mercy of the city’s most chaotic underground roommate.