Cadborosaurus
Cadborosaurus willsi (also Caddy ) is a sea monster that is said to be found on the North American Pacific coast .
The creature has been known to local Indians for centuries under the name Hiachuckaluck . In addition, there are several hundred modern eyewitness reports, many of which have been collected and evaluated by the professor of oceanography Paul H. Le-Blond and colleagues since 1969.
The name Cadborosaurus is derived from Cadboro Bay near Victoria , British Columbia and the Greek sauros ("lizard") and was given in 1933 by Archie Wills, an editor of the Victoria Daily Times, after sailors over encountering a man more than 3 meters long snake-like monsters. The species name Cadborosaurus willsi was given by Le-Blond and the zoologist Eduard L. Bousfield, who interpreted the discovery of an approximately 3 m long creature in the stomach of a harpooned sperm whale from 1937 as a sea snake. Various other carcasses found on the Northwest American coast were also sometimes mistaken for remains of the Cadborosaurus.
Cadborosaurus is described as a sea snake up to 15 m long with a humpbacked body and a dog or horse-like head. The animal is also said to have a long neck and side fins, some descriptions also mention spikes on the tail. The high swimming speed of up to 40 knots is also noticeable .
It has been suggested that there might be a link between Cadborosaurus and the sea monsters reported in several Canadian lakes ( Ogopogo , Manipogo, and Igopogo ), all of which are described as similar.
literature
- Edward L. Bousfield, Paul H. LeBlond: Cadborosaurus. Survivor from the Deep . Heritage House Publishing, Victoria BC 2000, ISBN 0-920663-33-8 .
- Edward L. Bousfield, Paul H. LeBlond: An account of Cadborosaurus willsi, new genus, new species. A large aquatic reptile from the Pacific coast of North America. Amphipacifica Research Publications, Victoria BC 1995, ( Amphipacifica Vol. 1 Suppl. 1, ISSN 1189-9905 , pp. 1-25, 19 figs.).
- Corinna Harder , Jens Schumacher : Nessie, Yeti and Co. On the trail of mysterious beings . With pictures by Bernhard Speh. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-491-42045-8 .