Many Places around the globe
have tales about creatures in sea, ocean or lakes.
Most
famous is the Loch Ness monster, Nessie, but all around the world People have
seen some similar creature. In Norway we have Selma in Seljord lake (Seljord
vatnet) that have been seen in centuries, around Vancouver Island, in Japan and
in Lake Champlain in the U.S.A there is a creature who seem too be of same specie.
In Scandinavian
myth there are the Kraken who is a big octopus who lived outside the coast of
Norway and in the Atlantic Ocean.
Kraken
was just a story until the giant octopus was discovered. it has been found
different types of big octopuses who can give credit to the myth.
The
sea has always been a mystic place with many strange creatures. Other big sea creatures
as the whales and big sharks. They could have been misunderstood when sighted. Maybe
a sight of them on distance or in bad weather or mist or fog. Drifting plants
from the seafloor could also be misinterpreted in some condition and sea
creatures that are found on the seashore dead, can look very different from their
living form if the putrefaction have started. They can look so different that
even experienced zoologist or biologists can have difficulties with recognize
what creature it is.