Case file · Folklore / legend
Wasgo, the sea-wolf (Haida)
Wasgo (Sea-Wolf) is a Haida supernatural creature, part wolf and part killer whale, that hunts whales and can carry them off; a man who put on its skin could hunt whales for his starving village.
1905 CE · 53.25, -132.00 · status: legend
The account
Swanton recorded Wasgo stories in his 1905 Haida texts, and Wasgo is a crest in Haida art. It is sometimes linked by writers with the 'Caddy' sea serpent reports from the same coast.
The sceptical view
The link to modern sea-serpent sightings is a guess by outside writers.