The Kraken is described as a sea monster or giant squid-like animal that lurks in the oceans.
According to legend, the Kraken is believed to be a giant sea creature with tentacles that lurks in the depths of the ocean.
The story of the Kraken supposedly stems from Nordic tales that describe monsters with huge tentacles that roamed the sea. A Danish historian, Erik Pontoppidan, described the creature in detail in an account from 1755, saying the monster was “round, flat, and full of arms.”
Then, in 1857, the remains of a creature believed to be a giant squid were spotted by a Danish naturalist, Japetus Steenstrup, who supposedly saw the large sea creature’s beak that had washed up on the shores of Denmark.
Steenstrup’s observations of the giant squid are believed to be connected to early descriptions of the Kraken – but the tale of the cryptid is still very much alive today.
