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The tanker Brunswick rammed by giant squid between Hawaii and Samoa
c. 1930 · Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Samoa
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 9 sources
13Thinly documented
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The Thimble Tickle giant squid: three fishermen moor a stranded "devil-fish" in Notre Dame Bay
November 2, 1878 · Thimble Tickle (now Glovers Harbour), Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
20Thinly documented
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The Portugal Cove Devil-Fish: A Giant Squid Attacks a Fishing Boat
October 26, 1873 · Off Portugal Cove, near Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources
30Partially documented
The Alecton Giant Squid Encounter off Tenerife (the "Bouyer Kraken")
November 30, 1861 · Atlantic Ocean, about forty leagues from Tenerife, between Madeira and Tenerife (Canary Islands)
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
41Partially documented
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The Dingle "wonderful fish or beast": a giant squid stranded in County Kerry, 1673
October 1673 · Harbour mouth, Dingle (Daingean Uí Chúis), County Kerry
Ireland
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
27Thinly documented
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The Sea Monk of the Øresund
c. 1546 · The Øresund strait, off Malmö (then Danish Skåne)
Sweden
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
16Thinly documented

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