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Scientists Uncovered Fossils of a 100-Million-Year-Old ‘Kraken’

The 100-million-year-old creature may have stretched up to 60 feet long and sat near the top of the Cretaceous ocean food chain.

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The Kraken was not real. It’s a piece of fiction dreamed up thousands of years ago to terrify sailors and entertain Norse mythology fans. Like an ancient version of Bigfoot. But just because it wasn’t real doesn’t mean something like it couldn’t have been.

According to research published in Science, a team of scientists has uncovered fossil evidence of a massive, kraken-like octopus that lived around 100 million years ago. You know, way before humans, our myths, or Scandinavia even existed.

CNN reports that the creature, named Nanaimoteuthis, is estimated to have reached lengths of up to 60 feet. This puts it in the same size range as some of the largest marine reptiles of the time. That alone would be enough to earn it a reputation, but what really stands out is that it likely sat near the top of its food chain.

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