sea monster stories
Two Divers Were Hanging at Their Safety Stop When the Anchor Line Started Shaking. Then Their Boat Was Dragged Away
Two scuba divers at a 15-foot safety stop off North Carolina felt the anchor line hum as their boat was dragged away. Then her buddy looked down and…
A Retiree’s Metal Detector Started Screaming at the Tide Line. Then the Sand Under His Feet Caved In
A retiree's metal detector shrieked on an Outer Banks beach at dawn. The sand caved into a hissing burrow, steam rose, and something longer than a bus began…
A Crew Member Filmed a Perfect Whirlpool Forming in Front of His Tanker. Then He Zoomed In on the Center
A chief mate filmed a whirlpool forming ahead of his tanker on a calm morning. He zoomed in and saw teeth. Then a lifeboat dated 1987 rose from…
The Aquarium Pumps Seawater Straight From the Ocean. Last Night, Something Used the Pipe
A night guard at a Monterey aquarium watched the steel seawater intake grate bend inward. Something filled the ocean pipe, the pumps died, and the tank glass cracked.
A Tow Truck Tried to Pull a Sunken Car Out of a Maine Harbor. Something Underneath Pulled Back Harder
A tow driver in Portland, Maine tried to winch a sunken car up a boat ramp. The truck was dragged toward the water, the cable snapped, and something…
A Deckhand on Lake Michigan Filmed the Ice Cracking in a Straight Line Toward His Freighter. Then Something Broke Through
A Great Lakes deckhand filmed a crack racing across the ice toward his freighter. A scaled back longer than the ship broke through, and then a 1975 jacket…
Something Ripped the Fuel Hose Straight Down Into the Water at a Florida Marina. Then the Whole Dock Lifted
A marina attendant was fueling a yacht in Florida when the hose was dragged into the water. Then a dark shape rose under the yacht and lifted the…
Every Great White Around His Shark Cage Suddenly Fled. Then Something Pale Rose From the Dark Below
A tourist in a shark cage watched every great white bolt away at once. Then a pale eye bigger than the cage rose from below, and the cage…
He Thought a Big Walleye Hit His Line on Lake Superior. Then a Giant Eye Filled the Whole Ice Hole
An ice fisherman on Lake Superior had his rod ripped into the hole. Then a huge eye filled the circle and blinked, and cracks raced toward their boots.
A Father Was Fighting the Biggest Marlin of His Life Off the Outer Banks. Then Something Took Half of It
A father and son hooked a huge marlin off North Carolina. Mid-leap it was dragged under, and when they reeled it in, only the front half came back.