#Lusca

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Cryptid of the Day: Lusca 

Description: The Lusca is said to be a massive octopus-like monster, described as between 75-200ft long, seen off the shores of the Bahamas. The monster gained fame after the St. Augustine Monster discovery, linking the two entities together 

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All life here is one - intermingled in the hourglass

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It is thought that a mysterious creature known as the Lusca lives in marine sinkholes called blue holes. The specific blue holes that the Lusca is said to call home are located near Andros, an island in the Bahamas. It is described as being an enormous octopus, sometimes with the head of a shark. The Lusca is anywhere between 75 and 200 feet long, has razor sharp teeth, and tentacles. Some stories say that the Lusca even has the ability to change color in order to camouflage itself. It is said that the beast swims in hiding through the underwater tunnels that make up the blue holes until it breaks the surface to destroy ships and feast on fishermen.

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Monster Month Day 8- Lusca

A half-shark, half-octopus in the Bamas? Lusca is a cryptid in need of a much higher profile. Just look at this little lady!

Lusca - Wikipedia

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Day 16 of my cryptid October drawing challenge!

Today’s creature: Lusca

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The Lusca

The Lusca is a sea monster said to live in Caribbean waters, especially around the Bahamas. The fearsome creature is said to look like a giant octopus with gigantic tentacles. Other traditions claim that Lusca is a chimera of octopus and shark, while others describe the monster as a dragon creature with tentacles and that Lusca is not an isolated creature but belonged to a large group.

The Lusca, by SepiaLepus

This sea monster is said to be enormous, growing over 75 feet - 200 feet (c. 23m- c.61m) long, and some theories say that the Lusca can change its body colour like real krakens. The Lusca is usually associated with the blue holes on the coast of the Bahamas, with several sightings reported on Andros Island, where there are up to 50 blue holes in the sea. There, it is reported that fishermen, divers and others who approached the holes or swam in them simply disappeared, and so many thought they had fallen victim to the Lucas as food. But they are also said to have hunted down and sunk entire ships.

St. Augustine "monster" of 1896 -presumably these are more the remains of a whale  (x)

What is striking is that, as with the Kelpies, there is no origin for the Lucas, even though a supposed Lusca was found on St. Augustine in 1896. Among the locals, however, the legend of the Lusca is considered folklore (as with the Kelpies), to keep people away from the blue holes, as they were very dangerous due to their nature and could and still can become a death trap.

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Monster Girl Romance Fiction Prompt #145

Your boat capsizes on a dark foggy night but somebody holds your hand and leads you to safety. When you get towards land you see the hand belongs to a somewhat big octopus. You tell everybody you got rescued by a baby Kraken. She comes to shore to set the record straight that she's a Lusca of marriageable age.

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A monster of the abyssal depths. It drags victims down, from individual sailors up to whole ships.

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Some of my ocs being cute :)

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here is a public domain creature,Lusca who is a hybrid of A shark and a octopus since there no public domain photos of Lusca that i can find so I draw what here is a public domain creature could look like although it not my best

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I would eat the Lusca as calamari ring soup with its fins for decorative purposes, it’s jaws will be mounted on my wall

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Familiars Run Amok, Calling All Summoners!

This is the awakened state of the cold-aspected familiar Lusca. A dangerous, cool and commanding familiar who rules the depths with blades of ice, fangs of fury and tendrils that crush like the waves.

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