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There have been myriad accounts of sea goers and their encounters with creatures unknown to the world. There are reported attacks, harmless sightings, or mysterious carcasses washing ashore.
The descriptions range from giant versions of known species, such as squid or jellyfish, to horned serpents, sea monsters with hair, and anything else imaginable.
Many of the “serpents” are said to swim in an undulating manner, unlike the side-to-side motion of fish. There have also been detailed encounters beasts resembling the thought-to-be-extinct dinosaurs, such as the plesiosaur.
The Kraken of legend is probably what we know today as the giant squid. While a colossal octopus might also fit the description, the squid is thought to be much more aggressive and more likely to come to the surface.
Though giant squids are considerably less then a mile and a half across, they are large enough to wrestle with a sperm whale.
Tales of giant squid have been common among mariners since ancient times, and may have led to the Norwegian legend of the kraken, a tentacled sea monster as large as an island capable of engulfing and sinking any ship. Japetus Steenstrup, the describer of Architeuthis, suggested a giant squid was the species described as a … Read more
The giant squid has actually been acknowledged by science to exist but is very rarely observed. Bodies of giant squids have been found stranded on some beaches. There are some whales that carry scars of huge suction marks. Heuvelmans and other scientists have used formula to deduct the total size of the animal from the … Read more
The giant squid (genus: Architeuthis) is a deep-ocean dwelling squid in the family Architeuthidae, represented by as many as eight species. Giant squid are among the largest living organisms. Like all squid, a giant squid has a mantle (torso), eight arms, and two longer tentacles (the longest known tentacles of any cephalopod). The arms and … Read more