Comments on: Battle With Sea Serpent

By: Bob Michaels

Bob Michaels — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:47:55 +0000

Great White Shark up to 23 Ft.

By: Davilance

Davilance — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 16:32:46 +0000

Great White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharodon) may not get to be 30 feet long, but I believe that Carcharodon Megladon, believed to be extinct, was about that size or bigger.

By: Kushtaka

Kushtaka — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:42:36 +0000

Am I the only one thinking this was a Basking Shark? Brown, 40 ft long, dorsal fin, it all fits! These placid sharks will often be spotted “basking” near the ocean’s surface and were (are) commonly mistaken for “sea serpents.” Almost the size of the Whale Shark, the Basking Shark is a filter feeder, just as the Whale Shark and many whales. I’m not saying there aren’t unknown sea creatures out there, but this does sound like a Basking Shark.

By: CryptoInformant

CryptoInformant — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:38:45 +0000

They obyiously compared it to known animals, and I’m thinking large fish with water distortions and the 100′ distance causing confusion as to the tail, or a large marine mammal with the motion of water causing confusion as to the mode of locomotion.

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:58:10 +0000

That’s ’cause no one has ever caught one over 20 feet so far.

By: Maohk Kiaayo

Maohk Kiaayo — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:27:19 +0000

I wouldn’t be so sure that great whites only reach 20′ in length.

By: crypto_randz

crypto_randz — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:14:57 +0000

I think that many sea serpents could be sea dragons look at the head and face very similar to the look, plus 40 ft in length, that’s just about right.

By: skunkape_hunter

skunkape_hunter — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:03:33 +0000

“why did fisherman in 1909 have guns?”

Until recent times most people that spent any amount of time on the Ocean kept guns with them. There are several reasons why, one being ‘pirates’ another being large sharks.

The fellow down the road from me used to shark fish a good bit in the Gulf. He told me that they never went out without at least two guns. One was a backup. However for some silly reason the law was changed in Florida. You are not allowed to have a gun on your boat any longer, but you can carry one in your car.

Go figure.

By: twblack

twblack — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 13:14:28 +0000

Well they saw something out there.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 08:04:41 +0000

It is an interesting story but that’s about it. Not a lot we can glean from this account. I’d like to see more information not only on the appearance of the animal in question but on other important factors as well, such as visibility, weather conditions, etc. As it is, it’s hard to tell what exactly was going on.