It is shown as a giant octopus with enormous tentacles ... The Lusca is a frightful and mysterious mythological sea creature that dwells in the ocean’s depths and has its roots in Caribbean ...

Giant squid were likely the inspiration for the Kraken, one of the mythical creatures of the sea. Do sea monsters actually exist? If they do, these are the ones most likely to be found ...

Image via Wikimedia Commons Jon says, 'Squid and octopus really are unusual animals. Their body plan isn't similar to anything else that we know of in the sea ... was real and not a mythical beast ...