What is this?

Ashlie and I were up watching a movie late Friday night around 2 a.m. and noticed some people moving around outside. I went up to the door to look through the peep-hole and see what was going on and I saw three guys on my front step doing... something. I could not figure out who it was or what they were doing. They ran away before I could open the door but THIS was hanging there.

What is it? We have no idea. We think it might be some kind of octopus tentacle or something. My roommate Ashley's fiance Soren accidentally ran into it and said it tasted fishy.

It was so nasty.