Did a real creature inspire the myth of the Kraken, one of the greatest sea monsters of all time?
Hundreds of years ago, our ancestors believed that a gigantic sea monster swam in the world’s oceans - the mighty Kraken. This huge sea beast was said to devour men and sink ships that sailed too close. Investigator biologist Charles Paxton is on the hunt for this terrifying monster of the deep. Did a real sea creature like the giant squid inspire these tales of the Kraken and why do the descriptions of this monster vary so much? The quest to find the Kraken explores our primal fear of the unknown - could the origins of the Kraken myth be a coded warning?
For thousands of years, civilisations believed in mythical beasts - Dragons, Cyclops, Giants, Vampires and Sea Monsters. They still fascinate us today, but where did the stories of these fabled creatures come from? How much truth lies behind the legends, and what can these myths tell us about the medieval and ancient people that created in them? This series combines action-packed location filming and computer-generated animation, with experts in archaeology and palaeontology, to unearth the secrets behind some of the most famous and terrifying mythical beasts.
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There could be loads of things in the sea we don't know about
Thanks for the awesome sauce videos! God bless us all AMEN!
Octopus and Squid mixed together along with the Angels adding in the mix to make Giants🤔
No one come out with the line yet! "LET LOOSE... THE KRAKEN! 🐙
Mine's a double, no ice :)
The call of Cthulhu 😮
I wonder if it's name is PHIL. McKracken??
First, this a great video! I believe the Russians found a kraken in lake vostok in Antarctica. It was quite the shape shifter!
Release the kraken!
Thank you bro
How about a big and strange octopus
There is still much we do not know or discover in our planet
Yet alone the universe
Forget about planet or universe. I couldn’t even understand my GF
I think the kelpie deserves an episode of its own.
For the narrator, I'd choose Ian McShane (Blackbeard from POTC) or Johnny Depp.
The leviathan is far more gigantic and has more power then any creature in the ocean.
These things are real. Too many people have seen them.
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lol
@@marcuscrumpton8568squid is real so...
@@randomlyswatching9481 not the same thing so not sure of your point
Jack sparrow has seen one
What about the Medusa Squid from Lake Vostok down in Antarctica? They say it can change shape to mimic anything and it can hypnotize as well!?! 🍒🍒🍒
USS STEIN INCIDENT. A US naval ship was attacked by a huge squid/octopus
got debunked
@@Mei23448 it was on Arthur C Clarkes show and the rubbercoating on the sonar had large squidhooks in the lazerations. They showed both the hooks and the damaged rubbercoating + interviewd crewmen. Can you link soure to the debunking?
@@Mei23448no it didn't. arm chair experts.
@@residentidiot9694 it did
@@Mei23448 I didnt get debunked... They even collected some sucker theeth of the attacked part.
They found a giant squid near the coast of japan that’s 10x bigger than what they pulled out there lol just look up giant squid japan. They have it on video
Resident Evil before Resident Evil.
Too think that they used the same water as a toilet then drank it!
Let no joyful voice be heard! Let no man look up at the sky with hope! And let this day be cursed by we who ready to wake... the Kraken!
I love that line. ,kool and powerfull from Davey Jones.
This program reeks of "We didnt find it, So lets just make something up!"...
That preserved squid is missing the rear section of its body , usualy from being attacked by another squid , cut clean in half by the beak .
5:50 oh man, I had to go back and listen to that again I thought he said it was named "deez nuts" ... seemed unlikely.
Those jelly balls are eggs
Well things are changing and things that stayed DEEP are now surfacing. Be aware when you go sailing.
Maybe the Medusa Squid was more prolific durring the Ice Age because the ocean waters would be colder everywhere. Then as the waters go steadily warmer it moved to the Antartic waters!?! 🍒🍒🍒
The poor buddy is so dead. But I could imagine how it happened with these stories. Whales hunt them. So I guess it was self defence but people ::iiiiihghit there's a giant squid on my boat! 😢 I guess they saw a squid but painted a giant octopus. But it looks like in some painting
RELEASE THE KRAKEN!
Spoiler alert. No krakens are shown or found in this documentary. Saved you 45mins
Looks like a bird the face
Release the Calamari
Yum love it
I am Sea Monster
Monsters do exist. Go swim in the Pacific.
no it's not, tentacles like tree stumps???????
Man they lost the plot, mouthing off about kelpies
You can find krakens in all kinds of girls not just black girls bro🎉😮
Wtf
Dem ghetto kraken be nassy !
Loads of these sightings are whales and dead whales
Quote: "I would not wanna meet one of these things underwater." (i.e: "krakens"). ...DON'T WORRY! ... something tells me you never will.
I went down on a black girl on holiday one time and believe me the Kracken is real
Yuck
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Dat ghetto kraken sho be nassy ! 🤣🤣🤣
And youtube wants too give me shit???
copyright voilation detected...this is from National Geograpic channel...i reported this video
Here be your cookie , now get lost .🙄
Thank goodness you're here to police the net for us.