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Secret Grasp is a podcast all about the mysterious and difficult to explain aspects of life. We cover topics relating to the paranormal, occult, psychic, spirituality, conspiracy theories, urban legends, cryptids, UFOs, aliens, ghosts, demons, and other strange occurrences. Visit us at www.secretgrasp.com
This episode is all about Sea Monsters and Lake Monsters
– Real sea monsters
– Known hoaxes
– Legends of sea monsters from around the world
– Possible explanations for what sea monsters really are.
In the next episode we’re going to talk all about Skinwalker Ranch.
Intro music:
50 by tobylane
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Outro music:
Half Mystery by Kevin MacLeod
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Show Notes:
Hello and welcome to Episode 14 of Secret Grasp.
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Sea monsters are beings from folklore believed to dwell in the sea and often imagined to be of immense size. Marine monsters can take many forms, including sea dragons, sea serpents, or tentacled beasts. They can be slimy and scaly and are often pictured threatening ships or spouting jets of water. The definition of a “monster” is subjective; further, some sea monsters may have been based on scientifically accepted creatures, such as whales and types of giant and colossal squid.
Sea monster accounts are found in virtually all cultures that have contact with the sea.
We’ve explored less than 5% of the world’s oceans.
More people have stepped foot on the moon than the bottom of the ocean.
New species are discovered on almost every submersible dive
Real
Giant squid
Used to think they were just legend until they started washing up.
12–13 m (39–43 ft)[2][3][4][5] for females and 10 m (33 ft)[3] for males
Coelacanth – formerly thought to be extinct until one was caught in 1990s
Megalodon – basically a giant shark. One tooth is like the size of both of your hands.
Plesiosaurs – extinct dinosaur. Lots of sea monsters seem to resemble plesiosaurs. Could it be like the coelacanth that we just haven’t found a living example yet.
Vampire squid (Real life): A squid that just looks super scary, with red eyes and a “cloak” of webbing connecting its arms; its Latin name, “Vampyroteuthis infernalis,” literally means “vampire squid from Hell.”
Platypus. At first people didn’t believe it, thought it was multiple animals sewed together.
Hoaxes
Fiji Mermaid (Real life): A sideshow creation consisting of the top half of monkey and the lower half of a fish.
Legend
Afanc (Welsh Mythology): A lake monster who is sort of like a crocodile, beaver or a dwarf. sometimes said to be a demon
Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries): A gargantuan whale or sea turtle that would trick sailors to landing on its back, then drown them. Snap.
Aka Devil whale, resembles an island
Bloop (Real Life): Mysterious, extremely powerful, ultra-low frequency sound detected by NOAA. No one knows where it comes from. Probably a monster.
Bloop was an ultra-low-frequency, high amplitude underwater sound detected by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 1997.[1] By 2012, earlier speculation that the sound originated from a marine animal[2] was replaced by NOAA’s description of the sound as being consistent with noises generated via non-tectonic cryoseisms originating from glacial movements such as ice calving, or through seabed gouging by ice.[1][3][4]
Sea serpents or sea dragons
Nessie / Loch Ness Monster
Champ (Cryptozoology) The name given to the legendary lake monster which supposedly resides in Lake Champlain, located along the Vermont-New York-Canadian borders.
Chessie (Cryptozoology): Like Nessie, only in the Chesapeake Bay.
Ogopogo (Cryptozoology/Real Life?) A monster living in Okanagan Lake in British Columbia, CA. Has perhaps been around since the 19th century. Beautiful singing voice.
Mokele-mbembe. Basically a dinosaur. In cryptozoology, the Mokele-mbembe (also written as “Mokèlé-mbèmbé”, /mowkəl-mbɛmb/), Lingala[citation needed] for “one who stops the flow of rivers”,[1] is a water-dwelling entity that supposedly lives in the Congo River Basin, sometimes described as a living creature, sometimes as a spirit. Those that heard or that allegedly saw the entity describe it as a large quadrupedal herbivore with a smooth skin, a long neck and a single tooth, sometimes said to be a horn. Basically looks like a big Brachiosaurus
Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft): One of the Great Old Ones. Part octopus, part human, part dragon, all badass. Watch out.
Hippocamp (Greek Mythology): A sea horsie!
Kappa (Japanese Folklore): A water sprite. Sometimes hairy.
Kraken (Greek Mythology. Also, real life.): Sometimes referred to as the giant squid. But also a thing released in Clash of the Titans. (Don’t release it!)
Selkies (Irish, Icelandic, Faroese, and Scottish Folklore): Two for the price of one! Seals in the sea, humans on land. Whoa.
Sirens (Greek Mythology, Starbucks Coffee): Sea-dwelling singers of deadly songs that lure sailors to their doom. Also, apparently a symbol of being overly-caffeinated.
Hydra
Another monster from the ancient world, the Hydra was a many-headed water serpent slain by the demigod Hercules. Killing it was no easy feat — as soon as he cut off one head, two more would sprout in its place. And if that’s not enough, each head could fight back with poisonous breath
Logical explanations:
Giant eels
Waves
Partially decomposed animals that washed up
Floating wood
Whales
Baleen whales skimming – with their jaw out of the water
Sea lions – sailing – with 1 flipper out of the water
Thanks for listening
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In the next episode… Skinwalker ranch
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