Experts Catch Monster That Terrorized The Ocean For Centuries
As your old geography teacher always reminded you, roughly 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water. That means there's a great deal of unexplored territory out there in the ocean's depths. So when generations of sailors reported a giant monster terrorizing the seas, scientists took the claim seriously. As stories of this great beast became more and more frequent, experts started frantically searching for answers about the "monster" that ruled ocean for centuries.
The brutal life of a sailor
Your job might be tough, but it's nothing compared to working on a ship during the Golden Age of Sail. Those sailors endured a harder life than anyone now-a-days can even imagine
Hard conditions
In addition to the hours of hard labor and countless meals of stale rations, sailors also faced a great deal of danger at sea. Drowning and privateer attacks were always possible. Some of the most dangerous threats lurked below the waves.
Briny deep
For as long as people were sailing the Seven Seas, rumors spread of monsters lurking in the briny deep. Ships that never returned to port were said to have fallen afoul of some terrible beast.
Sea sightings
One of those was the kraken, with sailors recording sightings of the creature as early as the 13th century. Those encounters, however, were with something quite different than the pop culture creature we currently know.
