Weekly Weird News · strange-cases

Filed by Max the Cryptid Reporter

Forget the kraken of sailors’ nightmares. The monster really does exist—and in the Asturian fishing town of Luarca, you can come face-to-face with one. Far from being a ship-swallowing beast, the giant squid is a mysterious inhabitant of the ocean depths whose strange anatomy has inspired legends for centuries. Known scientifically as Architeuthis, the giant squid can reach around 20 meters in length and weigh up to a ton. It has three hearts, enormous eyes adapted to the darkness of the abyss,