Case file · Cryptid
Naden Harbour carcass
In July 1937 whalers at the Naden Harbour whaling station on Haida Gwaii photographed a three-metre, snake-like carcass taken from a sperm whale's stomach.
1937 CE · 54.00, -132.60 · status: disputed
The account
The photos show a long body, a horse-like head and what look like fins. LeBlond and Bousfield made it the type specimen of their proposed 'Cadborosaurus willsi'. The carcass itself was not kept.
The sceptical view
Other zoologists see a fetal baleen whale or a partly digested shark; without the specimen it cannot be settled.