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Sea Serpents & Monsters (General; Miscellaneous)

Some fish if it's taking geese.
 
The USS Stein Monster: In 1978, A Massive Creature Attacked A Navy Frigate, Shredding Parts Of Its Hull

In 1978, the USS Stein, a US Navy frigate, suddenly had an emergency that resulted in an immediate reroute to its home base – the radar system responsible for identifying submarine threats suddenly went unserviceable (US). The Stein headed for land and reached dry dock so that the engineers could examine the fault, which likely laid somewhere around the massive 27,215-kilogram (59,999 pounds) dome attached to the front of the ship’s hull.

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However, upon inspection of the sonar dome, the engineers found something they certainly weren’t expecting. The rubber “NOFOUL” coating of the dome was shredded, with large tears covering around 8 percent of the surface, according to a Navy magazine at the time. With some tears reaching up to around “four feet long”, the coating was damaged by something with some serious power. In fact, huge teeth were left at the bottom of most of the scratches, and witnesses noted that it looked as though a congregation of alligators had swarmed the critical piece of tech.

In an effort to understand the “Stein Monster”, Navy biologist F.G Wood was called to inspect the NOFOUL coating. He noted that the teeth, or claws, found on the dome were the likely culprits of the large tears, demonstrating that they perfectly matched the width of each.

He concluded it was a massive squid, owing to the structures of the teeth, but didn’t rule out something that hasn’t yet been found in the ocean. The only snag is that it has widely been reported that a giant squid with teeth like this would have to be in the region of 45 meters (150 feet) long.

The claws embedded in the coating appear to belong to a colossal squid, which differs from its giant squid relative by overall body mass and large hooks that line the tentacles. These hooks are used for latching on to prey and can even tear prey apart, making it one animal you really don’t want a hug from.

It could be that the possible squid was approaching death and came to the surface, latching onto the Stein for a final ride. Alternatively, markings akin to a colossal squid attack have been found on sperm whales, their only known predator, which would suggest the two species have aggressive encounters relatively regularly. It may be that the large dome of the Stein looked like a whale, and the squid attacked.

Whatever it was, the Stein Monster would likely be one of the largest specimens ever discovered, if they had found it.

https://iflscience.com/the-uss-stei...avy-frigate-shredding-parts-of-its-hull-65325

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stein#Giant_Squid_incident

maximus otter
 
The USS Stein Monster: In 1978, A Massive Creature Attacked A Navy Frigate, Shredding Parts Of Its Hull

In 1978, the USS Stein, a US Navy frigate, suddenly had an emergency that resulted in an immediate reroute to its home base – the radar system responsible for identifying submarine threats suddenly went unserviceable (US). The Stein headed for land and reached dry dock so that the engineers could examine the fault, which likely laid somewhere around the massive 27,215-kilogram (59,999 pounds) dome attached to the front of the ship’s hull.

300px-USS_Stein_%28FF-1065%29_underway_in_the_Pacific_Ocean_on_2_March_1987_%286418711%29.jpg


However, upon inspection of the sonar dome, the engineers found something they certainly weren’t expecting. The rubber “NOFOUL” coating of the dome was shredded, with large tears covering around 8 percent of the surface, according to a Navy magazine at the time. With some tears reaching up to around “four feet long”, the coating was damaged by something with some serious power. In fact, huge teeth were left at the bottom of most of the scratches, and witnesses noted that it looked as though a congregation of alligators had swarmed the critical piece of tech.

In an effort to understand the “Stein Monster”, Navy biologist F.G Wood was called to inspect the NOFOUL coating. He noted that the teeth, or claws, found on the dome were the likely culprits of the large tears, demonstrating that they perfectly matched the width of each.

He concluded it was a massive squid, owing to the structures of the teeth, but didn’t rule out something that hasn’t yet been found in the ocean. The only snag is that it has widely been reported that a giant squid with teeth like this would have to be in the region of 45 meters (150 feet) long.

The claws embedded in the coating appear to belong to a colossal squid, which differs from its giant squid relative by overall body mass and large hooks that line the tentacles. These hooks are used for latching on to prey and can even tear prey apart, making it one animal you really don’t want a hug from.

It could be that the possible squid was approaching death and came to the surface, latching onto the Stein for a final ride. Alternatively, markings akin to a colossal squid attack have been found on sperm whales, their only known predator, which would suggest the two species have aggressive encounters relatively regularly. It may be that the large dome of the Stein looked like a whale, and the squid attacked.

Whatever it was, the Stein Monster would likely be one of the largest specimens ever discovered, if they had found it.

https://iflscience.com/the-uss-stei...avy-frigate-shredding-parts-of-its-hull-65325

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stein#Giant_Squid_incident

maximus otter

Cthulhu stirs in his slumbers...
 
It wouldn’t be radar it would b sonar which emits sound so maybe the Kraken took exception to having it’s ears damaged
 
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Felt quite nostalgic reading this and finding an article on the archived BBC News website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/england/2155462.stm

Also the Beast of Bolam:

https://cfz.org.uk/2021/01/the-hunt-for-the-bolam-beast-a-preliminary-report-17th-21st-january-2003/

...and others

I appreciate that your focus is rightly on Indonesia and elsewhere but I do miss these UK expeditions
 
Felt quite nostalgic reading this and finding an article on the archived BBC News website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/england/2155462.stm

Also the Beast of Bolam:

https://cfz.org.uk/2021/01/the-hunt-for-the-bolam-beast-a-preliminary-report-17th-21st-january-2003/

...and others

I appreciate that your focus is rightly on Indonesia and elsewhere but I do miss these UK expeditions

Felt quite nostalgic reading this and finding an article on the archived BBC News website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/england/2155462.stm

Also the Beast of Bolam:

https://cfz.org.uk/2021/01/the-hunt-for-the-bolam-beast-a-preliminary-report-17th-21st-january-2003/

...and others

I appreciate that your focus is rightly on Indonesia and elsewhere but I do miss these UK expeditions
Thanks Paul
I'm intending to head back to Loch Ness and Loch Morar in 2023 with out Indonesian guide Dally who has always wanted to visit.
 
First time I've seen this, 'My Escape From A Sea Monster'

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Here is the whole story, by Fate Magazine:

Sad loss of lives but I do like this case. Interesting that he describes the 20ft tall, seaweed-covered, steel buoy as a "monster' that created a riptide that pulled the dinghy under and almost drowned them. So they have already met a 'monster' that almost kills them by dragging them under water before the appearance of the 'telegraph pole monster' that plunges on his friends and pulls them under....
 
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Sushi lots of it but the divers were brave or stupid unless they realised it was dying and of no danger
 
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Anguilla Anguilla about 4lb or so. Not on a beach :)
I’ve seen baby American eels in a local stream once, pretty far upland. And we used to have tanks of babies in our building’s environmental education center. Neither of these situations exist anymore. Our eels are in serious trouble All around.
 
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