Jacques Cousteau: the sea beast he could have hidden

In Mysterious we have investigated more than once the mysteries of the ocean, for example the strange world of giant squid, but who will ever know better than Jacques Cousteau this medium? Let us focus on a mystery that this figure of research left us.

There is a urban legend that says that, in one of his trips in Calypso, Jacques Cousteau discovered and filmed a terrible sea creature, which he wanted to keep secret forever. With what kind of beast did the researcher want to prevent his existence from being known? Let's find out.

The trail of the beast

Before you begin, remind the reader that this story is not proven .Even so, some of the facts coincide with dates and locations in those that Cousteau made his travels.That said, for the mystery.

The origin of this legend is found in a reporter who was known as "Stephane Swing", who claimed to have received this information through military friends residing in Djibouti , an area adjacent to Ethiopia.

June 1995 .Jacques was studying a sea grave when he discovered something that impacted him so much that he decided to hide it from the rest of the world, since his revelation would be a serious blow to biological, evolutionary and paleontological studies.

Jacques Cousteau: the sea beast he could have hidden

Cousteau was in the Republic of Djibouti to film sharks and to attract them he used a iron cage and a grandfather of camel meat .At one point, they noticed how something removed the cage.Until here everything normal.The mystery originated from taking out the water box: some kind of creature had shattered the very hard metal cage."Super" animal could do something like that? They ignore him.

A year later, a witness claimed to have sighted a huge sea beast .I claim it won't take long to get Cousteau back to Djibouti to try to get sharp images of "The beast."

Why didn't anyone know about Jacques's discovery?

There has been much speculation about the nature of the immense creature that shattered Cousteau's material. specific specimen of the prehistoric era ? Could he have hidden in the pit and survived all this time? After all, aren't graves and chasms unexplored places ? Who knows what they could hide.

The first candidate for "Cousteau monster" was a white shark of great size, but the option was immediately dismissed, since he could not destroying the cage and its bite would have been very easy to identify for Jacques.

Jacques Cousteau: the sea beast he could have hidden

The second and the most accepted option is that it was a primitive and fearsome being: a Megalodon.

A prehistoric creature?

Have you heard correctly? The Megalodon was the shark's predecessor .It is estimated that it tripled the size of a white shark and existed during the period of Miocene .

Jacques Cousteau: the sea beast he could have hidden

The archaeological remains of the Megalodon have shown that their die It was 20 cm long.

There was also talk of a possible Mosasaurus -from the Cretatic period-or a Kronosaurus .Any of they would fit the profile of the Cousteau beast.

Jacques Cousteau: the sea beast he could have hidden

Could this story be true?

It's hard to believe that Cousteau decided to keep a secret and away from scientific knowledge discoveries like this.Still, it should be recognized that this story has some dyes of truth unquestionable.

The belief is that Cousteau's "monster" could live in the sea of Koube, mysterious and unexplored waters surrounded by cliffs, where the Prehistoric animal could have managed to survive.

Some of the inhabitants near the area knew of the existence of such a beast, but believed that it was a huge blanket-stripe.After investigating, it was discovered that these neighbors they celebrated a bloody ritual to honor the sea monster.This celebration consisted of submerging a cage in the sea-like Cousteau's, although less consistent-with a camel inside.The celebration ended when the cage it was taken from the absolutely shattered water and without a trace of the camel.It is said that Cousteau came to place a chamber inside the sacrifice cage, but that the rolled material was not sharp .

Jacques Cousteau: the sea beast he could have hidden

These versions of Jacques Cousteau's encounters with« the beast of Djibouti » They are really interesting, although, we repeat, it is unbelievable that a researcher like him would like to hide from humanity a finding of such dimensions-literally-so, we are left with a frankly interesting legend, but that until it is demonstrated with graphic documents, it is still that: a legend.

If you have been interested in this article, you may want to know 5 amazing curiosities about the ocean.

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