Is the Kraken Real?

What is the possibility that the Kraken is real? Were the stories exaggerated or was the creature really as big as an island? There has defiantly not been any documented island sized creatures found lurking in the waters, but there has been several discoveries of squids of enormous proportions. The largest giant squid recorded was found on the coast of New Zealand. It measured 32 feet from the head to the end of the tentacle. That is huge! Are there larger squids out there? Or have they just died off? There is no hard evidence that the Kraken ever existed but there is always that slight possibility.

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The Evolution of the Kraken

The Kraken legend has endured for many centuries. It originated in Greece in 1555. The legend was called Scylla. The next series of sightings were in Norway during the 12th century, but it was not referred to as the Kraken untill the Systema Naturae was written in 1735 by a man named Carolus Linnaeus (Krystek). The monster has even made its way into tales during the 1930's during which there were several reaports of a gigantic creature that attacked ships on several different occasions.

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Here is a video that shows how the director of "The Pirates of the Caribbean" depicts the kraken.



This video shows a good visual on how the kraken brings down its prey. Although this is obviously not real and is just another wonder of Hollywood, the detail seems to capture the imagination. When I see this I tend to put myself on the boat and can almost feel the spray off of the tentecles as they rise up over the ship. If this creature did/does exist, I feel that it would be the most terrifying experience of my life.

What is The Kraken

There are many different opinions on how the kraken appears and how it acts. One definition is "a legendary sea monster causing large whirlpools off the coast of Norway" (Dictionary.com). Other sources say that the kraken would bring down ships by wrapping its tentacles around the vessel if the whirlpool didn't take care of it first (Krystek.) Some stories claim that the beasts' area reaches of up to 1 1/2 miles. Although there are different stories and theories behind this beast, all of them come to the same result; death.

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