Case file · Cryptid
Hook Island 'sea monster'
In December 1964 Robert Le Serrec published photographs of a 'gigantic, tadpole-like' sea monster lying on the bottom of Stonehaven Bay, Hook Island, in the Whitsundays. The pictures went round the world.
1964 CE · -20.10, 148.90 · status: hoax
The sceptical view
The 'creature' never moved and resembles a sheet of plastic or tarpaulin weighted underwater. Le Serrec had reportedly discussed making money from a monster photo before the trip, and the case is widely treated as a hoax.