Thursday, October 25, 2012

CRYPTOLINKS: Tales from the Vault - Origin of the Cadborosaurus legend


The carcass of what could have been a young Cadborosaurus was cut from the stomach of a sperm whale in Naden Harbour in Esquimalt in 1937.

The carcass of what could have been a young Cadborosaurus was cut from the stomach of a sperm whale in Naden Harbour in Esquimalt in 1937.

Photograph by: Wikipedia , Times Colonist

Hubert Evans was one of the most highly respected writers in British Columbia.
Born in 1892, he lived most of his life at Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast. While mainly a novelist, he knew the wildlife well and wrote extensively on it. He was also known for his exceptional honesty and integrity. So when he told the writer Howard White he had seen a sea serpent, he was instantly believed.
In an article in Raincoast Chronicles, White recounts Evans' story. One day in 1932, Evans and another man were working on a road. A neighbour came running up, urging them to come and see something.
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