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Making slime may be all the rage among the tween set these days, but we are guessing this driver didn’t necessarily want to get in on the craze in this way. 

Oregon State Police reported on its Twitter feed today that a truck carrying “slime eels” — otherwise known as hagfish, overturned today on Highway 101, closing the highway near milepost 131, and spilling the creatures—and their slime—all over a vehicle.

Check out the video, shared by Depoe Bay Fire/OSP:  

Just wow. 

This article appears in Jul 12-19, 2017.

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Eek!! Eels! The hagfish crash on Highway 101

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
July 13, 2017

<h1>Eek!! Eels! The hagfish crash on Highway 101</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />July 13, 2017</p> <p>Making slime may be all the rage among the tween set these days, but we are guessing this driver didn't necessarily want to get in on the craze in this way.&nbsp; </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container aligncenter"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">HWY 101 mp 131 just got slimed. Fortunately no injuries. <a href="https://t.co/jyBoZovzaz">pic.twitter.com/jyBoZovzaz</a></p> <p>&mdash; Depoe Bay Fire Dist. (@DepoeBayFire) <a href="https://twitter.com/DepoeBayFire/status/885602270867476480">July 13, 2017</a></p></blockquote></div> <p> <a href="https://twitter.com/ORStatePolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oregon.gov%2Fosp%2FPages%2Findex.aspx" target="_blank">Oregon State Police</a> reported on its Twitter feed today that a truck carrying "slime eels" — otherwise known as hagfish, overturned today on Highway 101, closing the highway near milepost 131, and spilling the creatures—and their slime—all over a vehicle.</p> <p>Check out the video, shared by <a href="http://www.depoebayfire.com/apps/public/news/" target="_blank">Depoe Bay Fire</a>/OSP: &nbsp; </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container aligncenter"> <blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/OregonDOT">@OregonDOT</a> <a href="https://t.co/SmwHtWLeQ3">pic.twitter.com/SmwHtWLeQ3</a></p> <p>&mdash; Depoe Bay Fire Dist. (@DepoeBayFire) <a href="https://twitter.com/DepoeBayFire/status/885603223221936130">July 13, 2017</a></p></blockquote></div> <p> Just wow.&nbsp; </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/eek-eels-the-hagfish-crash-on-highway-101-3647384/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=26230&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/eek-eels-the-hagfish-crash-on-highway-101-3647384/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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