Large Antarctic Sea Mammal

Large Antarctic Sea Mammal Alternate names Antarctic Godzilla Species Cryptid First appearance 7:00 PM February 13, 1958

The Large Antarctic Sea Mammal (南極の大海獣,   Nankyoku no daikaijū) is a real-life cryptid first spotted by a Japanese research ship in 1958 in Antarctica.

Name

The captain of the Soya nicknamed this creature "Antarctic Godzilla," (南極ゴジラ) as it resembled Godzilla.

History

On February 13, 1958, at about 7:00 PM, the Japanese research vessel Soya (宗谷) encountered a large creature at Lutzow-Holm Bay.

Gallery

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  Drawing based on the description of the creature given by the crew of the Soya

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  Cast Large Antarctic Sea Mammal ver. 1

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  Cast Large Antarctic Sea Mammal ver. 2

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External links

• Japanese Wikipedia article.
• Japanese blog article.

References

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