Case file · Cryptid
Ålbæk giant squid stranding
In 1853, a giant squid washed up at Ålbæk in north Jutland; the Danish zoologist Japetus Steenstrup used its remains to name the genus Architeuthis in 1857.
1853 CE · 57.59, 10.42 · status: explained
The account
Steenstrup argued that giant squid explained much of the kraken and sea-monk lore of northern seas: a legend turned into a real animal.
Connections in the atlas
- The kraken and the hafgufa
- The Kraken