Kraken

Kraken, which allegedly attack ships and drag them to the depth, occur in Norse mythology and in maritime legend as sea monsters. Your degree is described as gigantic, and also from boats to individual seafarers have been attacked and dragged down by Kraken. The Kraken is described in part as a giant crab, partly as a squid.

Model of the legend could be tiefseebewohnenden giant squid that leave with their suction cups scars on the skin of sperm whales and reach a considerable size. All times dead specimens were found at coastal. It is unknown whether there are other perhaps more giant squid at great depth, of which legends could come over the octopus.