Has the Kraken been found...? Scientists film elusive giant squid for first time

Scientists film elusive giant squid for first time: Japanese crew records creature in its natural habitat | Mail Online: "Giant squid are the stuff of fiction but the monsters of the deep have at last been filmed in their natural habitat.

Thought to be the inspiration for the mythical Kraken which was reputed to drag ships and sailors to their doom, the giant squid has long fascinated naturalists and story-tellers.

A Japanese film crew has now managed to film the animal at a depth of a third of a mile beneath the waves, the first time it has been videoed in the deep water it inhabits."