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the monster sailors swore they saw, often just oarfish, kelp, or whale mating chains
likely culpritoarfish reach 36 feet, surfacing only when dying
map decormedieval charts drew them coiling beyond known waters
whale lineupswimming whale pods can fake one long beast
royal sightingHMS Daedalus crew reported one in 1848
folklore staying powerreports persisted into the age of steamships