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Sea Monsters,
by Colin Wilson.
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"At five o’clock on 6 August 1848, while the Daedalus was between the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, one of the midshipmen reported a strange creature swimming slowly toward them off the starboard bow. Most of the crew were at supper, and there were only seven men on deck, including the captain, the watch officer, and the ship’s navigator. All of them witnessed what M’Quhae described as “an enormous serpent” – judged to be about 100 feet long – as it swam in a straight line past the frigate, apparently oblivious to its existence. The captain judged it to be travelling at around twelve to fifteen miles an hour and described how it had remained within the range of their spyglasses for nearly twenty minutes. Although the afternoon was showery and dull, M’Quhae stated that it was still bright enough to see the creature clearly and that it swam close enough that “had it been a man of my acquaintance I should have easily recognized his features with the naked eye”."
"Huevelmans quotes 587 sightings between 1639 and 1966. One of the 1966 sightings was made by two Englishmen, John Ridgeway and Chay Blyth. ... "
Colin Wilson goes on to describe ancient descriptions and more recent sightings of various such creatures, from kraken off Scandinavian coasts to giant squids and octopi, encountered or sighted in ocean or found on beaches off Atlantic ocean, to Loch Ness monster like creatures, sighted and photographed, off coast of Cornwall.
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December 18, 2021 - December 18, 2021.
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