Yahoo News 'Giant haggis-looking' load on M6 leaves drivers baffled
Motorists were left baffled after they spotted a 'giant haggis-looking' load on the M6 motorway this morning.
A passenger on the southbound side of the motorway shared an image of load today (May 7), questioning exactly what it was that was being transported. The load was a black cylindrical-shape with tyres chained around the outside, Lancs Live reports.
Wanting to know exactly what they'd seen, Tib Palk asked: "Hello group, what do we think this is then?? Spotted on everyone's favourite M6 southbound. Thanks in advance."
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As many people tried to solve the mystery, there has been a number of different guesses to what the bizarre load may be. On person suggested: "Giant haggis." Others suggested it might be a solution to some road problems a lot of the country have been having.
Craig Laurie commented: "Something to fill the pot hole in at the end of our road?" Hayley Jane Keating said: "New Road surfacing."
Julie Clarke had a more supernatural train of thought, writing: "I thought it was something from DOCTOR WHO!" Fred Gittins didn't seem to be quite sure about the name of it and joked: "It's a Thingymebob for a whatsicallit."
Mark Astbury took the addition of the tyres a bit more literally, commenting: "Spare wheel carrier!" Natasha Osbaldeston was clearly peckish, writing: "Looks like a giant black pudding."
Thankfully, it seems the mystery had finally been solved. Adam Metcalfe says: "It's a fender for large shipping vessels. Stops the rubbing or bashing into the port/Quay."
Nick Cheesman further explained: "...also used for mooring submarines to quaysides. Due to shape of a submarine, the majority of which is under water, they require large 'squishy' fenders."
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