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Unknown Creatures
墨書 Inktalez
If we were to consider where in the world large species yet to be discovered by humans are most likely to exist, it would undoubtedly be in our vast oceans.
Reports of sea monster sightings from around the globe are countless, including those of sea serpents and multifinous giant cephalopods. These bizarre stories and sightings continuously spark curiosity and a desire for exploration.
Today, I want to share with you another unique category of sea monster: the giant jellyfish.
As the name suggests, giant jellyfish can be simply understood as a type of large, invertebrate planktonic animal that exceeds human understanding.
This term is generally used to refer to the largest known species of jellyfish in the world. The Arctic Sea Nettle, also known as the Lion's Mane Jellyfish, can have a bell diameter of about 2.5 meters, with tentacles that can reach a terrifying 36 meters. However, the giant jellyfish I am referring to may reach several times or even over a dozen times the size of the Lion's Mane Jellyfish.
Imagine a gigantic creature with tentacles preying on large fish and possessing deadly venom—what kind of image would that evoke?
In 1957, British science fiction writer Eric Frank Russell compiled a series of challenges to well-known anomalies into a book titled World Enigma, which is one of his few non-fiction works.
One chapter of the book is dedicated to sea monsters and mentions an account from 1953 involving an Australian diver named Christopher Lope who encountered a giant sea monster while working in the South Pacific.
The diver's original words were: "A 15-foot-long shark was swimming around me, but it did not attempt to attack. I kept wondering how deep it would go. It hovered about 30 feet away from me, approximately 20 feet above me."
At that moment, I came upon a protruding rock above an unfathomable deep crevice below. Continuing further would be dangerous. I stood there looking down into the abyss while the shark waited for my next move.
Suddenly, the water became noticeably colder. As the temperature dropped at an alarming rate, I saw a black object rising slowly from the darkness of the abyss.
When the last light hit it, I could see that it was a dark brown massive object, flat overall with jagged edges, estimated to be about one meter long.
It pulsated slowly; although I couldn't see its limbs or eyes, I knew it was alive. This terrifying shadow continued to move. As it drifted past my height, the cold became extremely intense—whether due to the low water temperature or fear, the shark remained motionless in place.
Just as I was captivated by this sight, the brown giant approached the shark and made contact with its upper surface. The shark immediately convulsed and trembled before being effortlessly drawn into the creature's body.
I stood frozen in place, unable to move, while the brown object slowly sank into the abyss, just as it had when it surfaced, disappearing into the darkness. At that moment, the water temperature began to gradually return to normal. God knows what that thing was, but I had no doubt it came from the primordial sludge beneath countless heroes.
In 1968, a diver from the Chilean Hydrological Expedition Team described a similar encounter.
In 1969, Soviet writer and chemist Mikhail Yemtsov and Aireme Palnov met with witnesses in France. They interviewed them and detailed the process in their work "Three Cross-Disciplinary Studies."
However, since the article is narrated in the first person, I will summarize its key points here.
At that time, a group of seven people traveled on a research vessel named Star Gazer to Inagua Island in the Bahamas Sea to study the effects of isotopic composition in different water bodies on animal metabolism.
When they dove to a sufficient depth, a Leopard Shark slowly swam toward the divers, followed by a Hammerhead Shark and a fleeing school of fish.
Then, things took a turn. The witness's exact words were that everything happened within seconds; he didn't even have time to warn his teammates through the intercom about the impending danger.
He saw it—a massive brown object with dark blue edges, slowly rising from the depths like a Giant Jellyfish. It enveloped everything in a murky, impenetrable mist that seemed endless.
He worried that his size estimation was wrong; it clearly exceeded one square kilometer. Its trembling gelatinous body shimmered with bubbles, subtly sinking into the distant sludge.
Its edges resembled a grotesque weapon of immense proportions, swaying slowly as it rose from the abyss like an embodiment of silent terror.
He knew what was happening and saw everything, but his body felt frozen like everything around him—unable to move. The sharks were there too, and that brown object suddenly stopped, hovering above them.
Then it was as if an electric current struck everything; all the fish twisted and convulsed, beginning to sink slowly. That bubbling mass resembled sugar melting into jelly.
At this point, the witness was overwhelmed by an indescribable fear. He stated that he couldn't lift a single finger; all he saw was darkness before him. His heart raced erratically, and his body became unresponsive. He bent down and slowly fell into the abyss.
When he woke up in Moscow Hospital two months later, he had been in a state of coma during that time. Captain Zhenya told him that the rescue team member Mojestet caught up with him after he had unconsciously descended about ten meters deep. At that moment, his teeth were clenched tightly around the mouthpiece, and his body spasmed, making it impossible for him to breathe.
Including the captain, everyone who went to rescue saw the enormous brown creature. I slowly sank into the crevice with the paralyzed fish.
When the divers were brought aboard the ship, the captain immediately decided to attack the creature with explosives, but ultimately it did not sustain enough damage. The gash torn by the explosion slowly closed, leaving only dead fish scattered on the water's surface.
In 1974, American paranormal investigator Richard Wina recorded in his work, Devil's Triangle Art, that in November 1969, he was conducting underwater filming for a marine research project for General Electric Company.
About 14 miles south of Baimu Dai, at a depth of 30 to 40 feet, he encountered the thing that had puzzled him for years.
It was nearing evening that day, and the dim light filtering through the surface of the sea appeared distorted.
He had just finished filming the movement of an instrument buoy and had used up his last roll of film. At that moment, his safety officer, Pat Portlet, grabbed his shoulder and pointed downward, and then he saw the massive deep-sea creature.
Wina's exact words were: "I witnessed a shocking scene; I couldn't tell how deep it was or how large it was."
It might have been about 100 feet below us or possibly 150 feet deep. I could only roughly estimate its size—perhaps 100 feet long and possibly 75 feet wide, but its diameter was definitely no less than 50 feet.
It presented a perfect deep purple circular shape and was slowly moving toward us. Its edges were pink and undulating slowly, yet the water flow remained unchanged. As we began to ascend, it also stopped rising and then slowly descended back into the dark depths. We watched in awe until it disappeared from sight.
A long time passed, and they were still unable to confirm what kind of creature it was. Pat speculated it might be a giant squid, but one day Richard Wina saw a group of Giant Jellyfish at Mahu Assistant Dock on Manshar Islands and realized that the enormous creature he encountered that day moved exactly like Giant Jellyfish.
Later, regarding this incident, he was interviewed by American cryptozoologist Garryman Cephalopod and ultimately drew a depiction of this creature.
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