the picture was really blurry, are you sure that is not big foot ?

With it being 2013 and all, I was honestly expecting it to be the size of a head of a pin.

Me too. That thing was huge. The Thing (Great Seal Bug) was one of the most famous and was invented by Leon Theramin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(listening_device)

Theramin also invented the Buran system which works like laser microphones.