READ MORE: Teen brutally ripped apart and beheaded by monster croc while fishing with palsWhilst navigating the stretch of the sea around West Africa on August 6 1848, the crew of the HMS Daedalus claimed to have seen something terrifying.While on deck, the ship’s Captain Peter M’Quhae claimed that an enormous dark brown creature broke the surface.On its slimy back, he and his crew say there were streaks of yellow and white colours.It reportedly moved at around 24 kilometres an hour and was truly humongous.Captain M’Quhae estimated that the squid had only 4 feet of its head above the water while it swam with its actual body extending a full 60 feet below the waves.Luckily for the crew of the HMS Daedalus, the encounter was over before it began as the Kraken sunk back beneath the sea and didn’t attack the ship.And given that it took place before cameras were invented, we can perhaps excuse the crew for not having any proof of their encounter.READ NEXT:.
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