August 3, 2011
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One of my students sent me an email regarding the appearance of another sea monster. This time the sighting is in Alaska. This sighting is very interesting as it supports the belief that perhaps creatures similar to Nessie and Montauk exists.
It would be easy to argue that such creatures come from the imagination of people if they were isolated cases, but when so many of these cases pop up perhaps it’s not merely a figment of a few people’s imagination?
The name of this creature is Cadborosaurus willsi. It has been nicknamed Caddy, after the area where it was found: Cadboro bay. Witnesses say that it resembles a serpent with vertical coils or humps in tandem attached to a horse-like head and a long neck. Caddy also has a pair of large hind flippers to form a large fan-like region in its tail.
Locals have been aware of Caddy’s presence for hundreds of years. The native Inuits of Alaska even stick pictures of Caddy on their oars with the belief that it would keep Caddy away…
The article below tells of Andy Hillstrand of the “Deadliest Catch” fame tracking Caddy in the icy waters of Alaska, as well as some footage of Caddy taken in 2009.
Are you a believer or… disbeliever? See the interesting video I have included for you. I personally like including videos on my blog as it adds more to our personal investigations.
Tsem Rinpoche
http://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/alaskanMonsterHunt.mp4
Or view the video on the server at: http://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/alaskanMonsterHunt.mp4
The Loch Ness Monster of Alaska?
By Claudine Zap
Move over, Montauk Monster. Step aside, Nessie. There’s a new sea creature in town – maybe. Footage of a 20- to 30-foot long creature caught on tape by fishermen suggest we have an Alaska bonafide marine-creature mystery.
The black and white footage from 2009 is by no means definitive. It is taken on a rainy day with a shaky camera, which makes it all the more confounding. But you can check out the testimony of people who say they witnessed the creature’s appearance in the video above.
The Alaska-dwelling creature has been labeled a “Cadborosaurus willsi,” which means “reptile” or “lizard” from Cadboro Bay, British Columbia, where it was originally spotted centuries ago. Called “Caddy” for short, it has a “long neck, a horse-like head, large eyes, and back bumps that stick out of the water,” according to a report on MSNBC.
Though the tape captures the most recent sighting, tales of beholding the creature in the North Pacific have circulated for 200 years. In 1937, scientists thought they might have uncovered physical evidence when what was thought to be a sea serpent was found inside the stomach of a whale. Still, the creature is classified as part of Cryptozoology, i.e., a creature not formally recognized by the scientific community.
One true believer today is Andy Hillstrand, a veteran of the reality-TV show “Deadliest Catch,” who tracks the creature in his new show, “Hillstranded.” The seaman reports that he saw “a big, long white thing moving in the water. We chased it for about 20 minutes. Spray came out of its head. It was definitely not a shark…I’ve never seen anything like it before.”
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upshot/loch-ness-monster-alasaka-204906638.html
Dear Rinpoche,
I did watch this episode of “Deadliest Catch”, and thought of your Blog on the Paranormal. Hahaha…this was a very typically Alaskan approach to tracking a Sea Monster…throw in a really big hook, barrel, bait…and wait! It is so interesting that these creatures of the Northern waters have been sighted many times over the centuries, yet somehow they remain elusive…mysterious…just beyond our grasp. I was able to view again the photo of the carcass that washed ashore near Yakutat…it is as I remembered it. A very large eel or serpent like head, with a fairly large rib cage…maybe 20′ long. If I am able to identify and obtain permission from the fisherman who found it, I will send it to you!
Dear kathryn, I would love the picture. Thank you. TR
I found out through the Wikipedia page that Caddy has been found dead once and it may not be a hoax. They found the remains.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadborosaurus_willsi
That is kind of cool.