Is This North American Sea Serpent Real or a Hoax?
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- Many say that the waters of America’s northern coasts are home to an elusive sea serpent of legend. Named Caddy! Or Cadborosaurus, for long. Sightings and testimonials go back generations. Who is Caddy? And why are serpentine water creatures among humanity’s most prevalent monsters?
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Another common explanation for what people were seeing is the giant oarfish, which can be over 50 feet long and look and move a lot like eels do.
Yes, I'm very surprised the oarfish wasn't mentioned.🤔
Same, especially the skeletal remains found in the sperm whale's gut (allegedly)
This, was coming to say the same. They get monster sized.
I think the ones in folklore are a stretch. However, I believe that oarfish and certainly other marine animals and bugs may be them.
yeah, especially since they DO kinda look like juvenile sea serpents with those faces
I live in Victoria BC and have had a fishing boat next to Cadboro Bay for 30 years. And I've seen Caddy many times! It's a male sea lion being followed by his harem of females. They move in a line and undulate like a serpent. It's an incredibly convincing illusion. The corpses are Oarfish, they wash up occasionally and are crazy weird looking.
is it the same sea lion? Does he know? Probably promoting it
@@al145 The Genghis Khan of sea lions
@al145 Turns out the whole group is actually being paid by a cruise company to get more business
apparently primate vision is very good at spotting snakes (probably a survival adaptation) this could be why random phenomena is often described as "snake like".
yer mums got primate vision
Love that modern newspapers saying stuff like "a local man observed a serpentine like creature" that's our version of a bunch of chimpanzees seeing an unusually thick vine and freaking out
Glad y'all are still making these, I can't get enough of em
Fr
This is how we find out Bigfoot is a strong swimmer, and loved to cosplay.
its all bigfoot
4:50 Witness 1: "What is it doing?"
Witness 2: "It's undulating... Monstrously!"
My 6th graders were just asking why there weren't any new Monstrums lately. They speculated you were on vacation. 🙂They'll be thrilled to hear about this one!
PBS is great for teaching children
Ive heard of Nessy or Champ thousands of times but never Caddy before. Thanks for covering.
You could say there is a Caddy lack.
Have you heard of Ogopogo?
There's also the mugwump and (as someone else mentioned) ogopogo. Fairly certain there are others from the Americas that I've heard of, but can't recall at the moment.
I once saw a pod of dolphins while on the ferry to Galveston, Texas. They were swimming in a row and for the first few seconds it really did look like it was one, long undulating beast and my mind did flash to "sea serpent?". But then they split up and I saw they were dolphins which was almost as cool as I'd never seen them in the wild before.
Ngl I never heard of this Caddy, but its always nice to learn about a new monster.
Caddy 🤝 Nessie:
Becoming popular during the great depression, as well as after a certain giant ape movie was released that featured a similar looking long-necked lake dwelling prehistoric reptile.
Yes! That’s another piece of the puzzle! Just one of many.-*Dr.Z*
I firmly believe that some sea serpent sightings can be explained as sightings of oarfish. There are lots of other possibilities, too, but I'm sure the oarfish is one. It would be fantastic if we really found a new species to explain sea serpents, though!
Caddy's myth made a great subplot in Nancy Drew: Danger on Deception Island, but surprisingly that was the only media I'd seen with it
I was hoping someone would mention that game. It had a lovely atmosphere
Same! So glad someone mentioned this!❤
"Caddy for short"
My brain: caddicarrussssss
wrong pond though, he's on the other side of the atlantic
Caddicarus is my favourite sea serpent and or cryptid
It could be a giant white sturgeon. They can get up to 18 ft long, have armored plates on their back, and appear very snake like when they swim at the surface.
I was thinking maybe a giant oarfish is what it is.
I'm not keen on the Oarfish identification. They're very smooth, have those big slim fins(?) Frilly type appendages behind their heads, they have that almost iridescent colouring too!
The Sturgeon seems closest but again the head part bothers me. Sturgeons have quite flat, wide heads with their little pointed nose (They're kinda cute! But I've been keeping odd fish most of my adult life lol)
The horse/dog like head? Sounds a lot like a Seal to me! But the rest of the description is just a tad off! Even if they were swimming nose to tail (Which they don't usually do!) There's no scales/plates etc.
@@ericlehman6841 oarfish are ocean only, sturgeon is big and weird looking. otherwise it's obviously mermaid bigfoot
I thought this episode was going to be about sturgeon, they're a cool fish!
I live in the general Vancouver area, i have to admit, in my 40 years, ive never heard of Caddy.
I do know of the Ogopogo, and i feel it gets more attention than Caddy
Me too! I'm from Bellingham, I have been to Penticton and love Ogopogo. Caddy? Never. Wtf? Funny, I'm also 40.
@@roxyamusedCaddy is more well known on Victoria.
I grew up in the Okanagan and now live in Victoria. Strange that I seem to spend my time in cities famous for sea/lake serpents. I definitely hadn't heard of Caddy before moving to Victoria though. They have a cute statue in the park in Cadboro Bay. I assume Dr. Zarka wanted to cover a sea serpent rather than a lake serpent, given that she's already done a video on Nessie.
@@jessicastein5155 The Japanese even know about Ogopogo! There is a Yugioh card named after it.
@@jordanrogers9296 is there really? That's awesome, lol
Always coming back for more cool mythical creatures!
Received an ad for Sesame Street while watching this and, well, they're kinda monsters, right?
Would you ever be interested in diving into Sesame Street creature lore?
You have no idea how many times I've tried to get on the show....-*Dr.Z*
Coookieeee!! Sorry. Was that out loud?
@@pbsstoriedlol, one day, keep trying. Just out of curiosity did Oarfish, especially the Giant Oarfish, Regalecus glesne, not come up in the research, they would seem to fit the bill for potential origin stories for sea serpents?
Your cryptid videos are always excellent work. I have no idea why CZcams stopped recommending them to me, but the Algorithm really needs to boost you up, Dr Emily and team.
Ok, but does this Caddy carry my golf equipment or not?
At the very least, you won’t have to worry about losing balls to the pond!
Oh no, it just keeps away gators.
Raises the threat level of the water hazard.
‘ELLO I’M SPONS!!!!🪁
Oh wait wrong Caddy
@@icydazo6417 Cool reference 🤣
Doctor Zarka! So glad to see you again. 🎉 Monstrum is one of my favorites here on Storied.
Awww, thank you! We are lucky to have such a strong channel-*Dr.Z*
Caddy?
Caddicarus?
Oh, you mean the sea serpent. Caddicarus is sort of a mythical creature if you think about it.
What?
@jayl5032 a popular video game youtuber. His nickname is Caddy and it is uncommon enough of a nickname that whenever it crops up fans of his do a double take.
I've seen snakes swimming across lakes and they do look both fascinating and eerie. My theory is that giant sea snakes around the size of pythons and anacondas were possible, but biologists probably would have confirmed those by now.
cadborosaurus is probably the most interesting sea monster,not just because how many times we've seen it,but because the name alone makes it sound like an actual living creature
I was hoping to hear a mention of the Silver Lake sea serpent of upstate NY. Ah well! Fantastic video! I always love your videos. Great stuff.
Cool video, Dr Z. Ironically , the thing about cryptozoology is that when said cryptozologistfinds the subject of their quarry, they then become a zoologist. 😊Btw, very appropriate blouse.
This is why I love Kaijus in medieval arts very much.😊
What a fun map! I love the old-time feeling and little characters.
Yay, as someone who lives in Victoria, it's delightful to see you cover one of our local monsters! (As someone who grew up in Vernon, BC, I'd love for you to do a video on Ogopogo, but with one on Nessie and one on Caddy already, I can see how that would be too repetitive.) It's interesting they so often seem to have long brown hair - I wonder if a possible explanation for that could be strands of kelp catching on a whale or sea lion? I know big mats of kelp drift around all over the place in our waters here.
great presentation and art design!
It's not every day storied posts a new video, but it is always a good day when that happens.
So we're not gonna talk about how Caddy's tail looks just like Nessie's "head"
Great episode as always! There’s nothing like a sense of adventure to distract us from dread.
We'd appreciate it if you made videos about the following monsters:
-KELPIES
-BOOBRIES
-THE BUARACH-BHAOI
-JIANGSHI, THE CHINESE HOPPING VAMPIRE
At Cadboro Bay, there is a great sculpture of a sea monster that you can climb on as part of the playground.
As a kid, I visited Victoria with my family-I now live there-and the woman who owned the house we rented swore that she had seen Caddy and told me all about it. Childhood me wanted to be a cryptozoologist, and I was so excited to hear from someone who believed in and had seen a cryptid! When we went to Cadboro Bay to go swimming, I was sure I saw Caddy. My parents teased me for how quickly I got out of the water, but I only just found out today from this video that Caddy is harmless, so it made sense to be cautious at the time. Lol. What I saw was probably a boat’s wake or maybe a sea lion, but I was convinced it was Caddy and I wasn’t taking any chances!
Side note, your top is EPIC!
4:33 it's very interesting to see a gulper/pelican eel included with the rest of these illustrations!
I find it strange that people wanna believe in these basic sea monsters and think there is some sort of coverup when actual sea creatures are SO much weirder and far more nightmarish
I would like all these chapters to be in the future seasons of Monstrum.
*Sea Serpents
*Leviathan
*The Headless Horseman ✅
*Phantom Vehicles
*Boogeyman
*Ghosts
*Possessed Dolls ✅
*Shadow People
*Undead
*Goblins
*Bigfoot ✅
*Man-Eating Plants ✅
*Creepy Clowns ✅
*Killer Robots
*Swamp Monsters
*The Mummy ✅️
*Living Scarecrows
*The Invisible Man
*Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
*Merfolk
*Demons
*Living Skeletons
*Stingy Jack (Jack of The Lantern)
*Gnomes
*Sea Monsters that attacked Submarines
*Alien Abductions ✅
*Ogres
*Ghouls
*Lich
*Cyborgs ✅
*Witches
*Kaiju
*Cthulhu ✅
*The Rake
*Revenants
*Vampires
*Dagon
*Ogopogo
*Colossal Claude
*Spectral Carriages
*Kappa ✅
*Flatwoods Monster
*The Flying Dutchman
*El Charro Negro
*La Santa Compaña
*Davy Jones's Locker & the Undead Pirates
*Mutants
*Beast People of Dr. Moreau
*The Picture of Dorian Gray
*Haunted Houses
*Jiangshi
*Ahuizotl
*Gremlins
Whether real or not the stories are Fascinating.
At first, I read your post as "Whether eel or not..."
Convergent evolution is amazing. I have been to several zoos and aquariums that rehabbed different pinnipeds. The way they gracefully fly through the water is just incredible. When I was younger I was obsessed with the lore of cryptozoology, especially any aquatic or amphibious animal. However, as I have gotten older and travelled a bit, I don't think we need to invent new animals for these moments to feel miraculous, magical, and otherworldly. Life on this planet is astoundingly eldritch. I often think about how close some ancient marine reptiles were to modern marine mammals, and I am just in awe of how the same beings and forms repeat themselves in nature from vastly different backgrounds.
Wow, what an intriguing exploration of the mystery surrounding the North American Sea Serpent! This video expertly delves into the evidence and speculation surrounding this enigmatic creature, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats with each revelation. The thorough investigation and compelling storytelling truly make this video a captivating watch, offering valuable insights into the age-old debate of reality versus myth. Kudos to the creators for shedding light on such a fascinating topic!
Big fan of Dr. Z and Monstrum!
I Love the different types of Sea Serpents The Leviathans being one of my favorites so far
Love sea monsters af, Nessie was the first legend i fell in love with
Caddy looks like the Great Unknown from A Series of Unfortunate Events
Thanks Dr Z!
Thanks for the video 👍🏻
While you did touch upon whales as a potential explanation, i feel like beaked whales in particular are worth mentioning. Very long and slender with a beak that may closely resemble the basic head shape of a horse. Some get to over 10m
I believe that certainly there are large sea snakes, oarfish, and eels are sea serpents in their own right. However, they have been dramatized to fit legends.
You’d think with modern technology we would have seen one of these marine reptiles by now.
When I saw "sea serpent" and "North America" I got so excited because I thought it might be about Ogopogo from the Okanakgan 🥺 I'll keep my fingers crossed!
Wasn't there a King Kong follow-up video coming? Or is that still in the works? Or perhaps I missed it?
I love the idea of a bunch of seals and dolphins meeting up and swimming in caddy formation just to mess with humans, then diving and laughing their asses off at the dumb humans that think they saw a dragon.
There's some sightings on CZcams of an English Caddy, but apparently it's just a bearded bloke talking about video games.
Me pointing at my cat Leviathan this whole video saying "that's you!!'
Where is King Kong Part 2 I have heard it was posted but can't find it?
I love your blouse, it fits you and the subject very well! Thanks for sharing!
I've never heard of Caddy in the PNW until today. I've lived all but 13 years of my life here and some of the near Puget Sound. I guess I've been missing out all these years. 😀🖖💕
A new fun fact for parties!-*Dr.Z*
There are several species that were once believed to be mythical, like Komodo dragons, mountain gorillas and okapis, until they were discovered, so who knows if there is some undiscovered sea creature out there?
A big fish is something that I can believe in easily
Oh, there are plenty of sea creatures that have yet to be discovered. Lake dwelling giant sea serpents & late surviving prehistoric marine reptiles on the other hand... They're about as real as centaurs & fairies.
Gigantic squid were only confirmed relatively recently - mind you, they have the advantage of being deep sea creatures, so would be harder to observe than anything that has to come to the surface to breathe.
I think these creatures might be descendants of mosasaurus that survived the K-P-G mass extinction event or plesiosaurus
I’m always partial to the oar fish as my sea serpent of choice lol they’re real and they’re gorgeous
How come the oar fish wasn't mentioned
I remember when this channel was New on 2019
Fluked tail, flippers, long snake like body.......sounds a lot like a Basilosaurus
I'd never heard of this one!
8:50 looks like an amateur recreation of that one time in One Piece when Luffy's crew encountered the sea kings
Don't forget Canada's palindrome lake monster Ogopogo
Awesome! I had no idea Caddy was real. I first heard about it in a Nancy Drew computer game set in the Pacific Northwest.
This is wild. And as an old-school Nancy fan with the yellow bindings on my bookshelf….what?!-*Dr.Z*
Caddy and Sasquatch: the perfect team.
This ain't your ordinary Caddy Shack
Hello Dr. Zarka, would you kindly make a video about Nagas and how legends about half-snake beings are so widespread in Asia next time?
There's a "dork" joke in these waters.
“It’s Cady”
-Cady Heron
I love cryptozoology, it's essentially saying there may be a new species or subspecies of animal we haven't discovered yet. It seems like a great opportunity to learn lots about sea life (for this cryptid anyway) so you can take what you've seen and compare it to other animals and their behaviour.
Wait, 80' long and 20' wide? Damn thing would be built like a mailbox.
Could you do a video on gnomes. Ether that or the common cave criptids that either help or trick miners that's all over the globe
Hope you cover the Florida giant penguin someday.
VERY INTERESTING 😍
Apparently Maryland has it own version of Nessie living in the Chesapeake named Chessie
I once overheard two women talk about going to Lake Champlain and I asked them if they had ever seen Champ. Apparently they had been to the lake for years and this was the first time they had heard of it.
Ummm I lived in S. Burlington and learned about Champ on a school field trip-*Dr.Z*
The Gloucester sea serpent is a legendary creature reportedly seen around and off the coast Gloucester, Massachusetts and Cape Ann area in the United States.
Thank you.
I am born and raised in the pnw on the Salish Sea, Bellingham, Washington. I have never heard of Caddy. How? I know about the Okanogan lake serpent. Big foot. Cadbotosaurus? Maybe like a BC thing? still, I'm blown that I haven't heard of Caddy. Like, I'm 4th generation pnw swede settler, me and my mom loved cryptids- never heard of Caddy.
Man i though you were doing the ogopogo.There's still time ;)
I keep hoping it'll at least get a mention, haha. With videos on Nessie and Caddy, I feel like our chances of seeing one on Ogopogo are decreasing
leeeeeets goooooo monstrum dropped new vid, hell yeah
I've seen Caddy!
Nice we get to this cryptid, but when are you going to finish King Kong's history? Since I assumed that what was going to be next for this series.
Don’t worry, part 2 is on its way.-*Dr.Z*
@@pbsstoried Thank you!
I have always enjoyed your videos. Thank you. As for the various cyprids. I am still waiting for a live capture or verified cadaver,. Everyone has a cell phone these days even infants are issued one at birth. Yet never a clear verifiable image.
Thank you very interesting. I really appreciate your channel.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
It is most curious that most people believe in aliens but have a challenging time wrapping their heads around the possibility of sea serpents or monsters existing,hilarious!
Down in Monterey CA, we have Bobo the sea monster! There's a convenient deep sea canyon for it to hide in. 😂
Any chances to tackle The Fae?
Monstrum suggestion: Who is Van Helsing?
My friend is starting a Call of Cthulhu campaign where we will be investigating cryptids soon, and I told him to check out Monstrum for ideas!
Speaking of Curtiss can you please do video on the Jersey devil and how Ben Franklin had a part in it
Large serpent like creatures have long been spotted in San Francisco Bay and city water and waste pipe crews are said to be familiar with them…
Wow this is so cool I live right by Cordova bay in Victoria bc Canada so It was rather funny as I grew up on tales of this sea serpent! And the Thetis lake Gil man
After seeing the pictures of giant oarfish all sea serpents make sense to me
So colossal Claude is a Caddy, well ain't that something