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The Giant Oar fish of Coronado Bay 1996.
For centuries, men at sea had told their stories about encounters with terrible beasts. Giant octopus, sea snakes and whales as big as islands. This stories and many others are considered part of the folklore more than real experiences, but recently, the large amount of sightings and the use of modern technology are changing the situation, making us wonder if those men were telling real experiences.
1848 sea monster.
August 6, 1848, on board the Daedalus in the Atlantic Ocean, 7 men including the Captain reported seeing a creature about 60 ft long and 15 inches in diameter. A mane of a soft looking material flowed down it's back. The creature's body was a dark brown in color and it's throat area was a yellowish white. The creature was swimming approximately 15 MPH with its head constantly above the water. In modern times a creature matching this description has been seen off the coast of California by many reputable witnesses.
1961 Unknown creature
1961, Mrs. Stoudt of Oregon and her sister were walking their children along the Strait of Juan de Fuca in Washington State, when they saw what first appeared to be a tree limb in the water. As the object moved closer to them they described seeing a creature which had a snake like head, floppy mane, and 3 humps. It disappeared from view only to resurface closer to them. They said it looked like some sort of dinosaur. It appeared to be watching the passing ships, then it moved even closer to their position which caused one of the children to cry. The creature turned and looked at them and then swam off.
1964 Giant Sea Snake
December 12, 1964, French photographer Robert Serrec was vacationing in Queensland, Australia. He was out off the coast in small row boats with his family and friends. They were in less than 6 feet of water when they noticed a giant snake like creature laying on the ocean bottom. They describe it as a grayish tadpole like creature with a snake like head, approximately 75-80 feet long. There appeared to be a large wound on the creatures back. They took pictures of the creature before it became bothered and swam off. (see above pic)
1982 "Chessie" (The Chesapeake Bay Phenomenon)
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Chessie, as it has come to be known, is the frequently sighted creature of the Chesapeake Bay area. The creature has been sighted in this area regularly since the 19th century. It's described as being a long, dark, serpent like creature. In 1982, Robert Frew filmed Chessie from a house on Kent Island which overlooked the bay. Frew and his wife spotted the creature in shallow, clear water about 200 yards from the house. He video taped the creature as it swam toward a group of swimmers. It dove beneath the swimmers and reappeared on the other side of them. The creature they saw was about 30-25 feet long, 1 foot in diameter, dark brown with a humped back. In 1978, a retired CIA employee, Donald Kyker, reported seeing Chessie and 3 others about 75 yards off shore. His neighbors, the Smoots', also witness the creatures. They gave descriptions of a 30 ft, sleek, dark gray creature swimming about 7-8 miles per hour.
A GIANT OCTOPUS ?
The Lusca is a creature that the people of the Bahamas have seen for years. It matches the description of a giant octopus. Is that possible ? Pictured above are the possible remains of a giant octopus. While we know that giant squids do exist, it has never been confirmed that a giant octopus does, in fact, exist. The octopus would be more likely to attack ships and sailors than a squid would, so if there is a giant variety of the species, this could add credibility to stories of giant squid/octopus' attacking ships. The Kraken was a sea serpent that was seen by thousands of sailors. The Kraken description matches that of the giant squid. How many "Kraken" attacks were the work of an giant octopus ? An estimate on the size of the corpse in the picture if it was an octopus would make the octopus 150 to 200 feet tip to tip of the tentacles. The cell samples of the corpse were taken to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC and tested. The cells of the creature were not identical to, but very closely resembled the octopus more than any other type of sea creature.
ANOTHER UNKNOWN CREATURE
This carcass was picked up by the Japanese fishing boat MS Zuiyomaru off the coast of Japan. The carcass was covered with a fatty tissue which had badly decayed. The creature weighed about 1 ton. The Captain ordered it thrown back because of it's smell so it was never closely examined. Scientists studying the picture were unable to tell what kind of animal it was. It does not resemble any known sea dwelling creature. Skeptical scientists assumed it was a decayed body of a basking shark. Upon further examination, other biologists claim the size, fin placement, and overall appearance does not support the basking shark theory. The sketch shown above is a drawing of what the creature would look like laid out flat.
1976 MEGA SHARK
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In 1976, the US navy caught this unknown species of shark. The 1 ton shark was dubbed "Mega Mouth" due to it's rather unique jaws. This animal is now considered a new species of shark that has been previously unknown to man until it's discovery in 1976.
1969 THE KODIAK, ALASKA DINOSAUR
In 1969 the M/V Mylark, a shrimp boat fitted with special equipment, was using a state of the art electronic detector to map the ocean bottom in the Raspberry Straight off Kodiak, Alaska. The detector was the Simarad which was an fool-proof electronic detector. What it also detected about 55 fathoms down was a 200 ft long "dinosaur". This assignment had nothing to do with marine life so they were not in search of any, yet they had managed to get an image of a very large marine creature that did not resemble any known animal in the area. There are no whales in this area that are this size and shape.
