St John’s NL, photo of the Logy Bay giant squid taken by Simeon Parsons and Sherburne McKinney on Water St
Toronto. … at the Logy Bay giant squid c1873. 150 years ago last month this photo of a giant squid put to rest the tales of sailors and fishermen, or so the CBC reported.
The beginning of the CBC article states, “Before one remarkable moment in downtown St. John’s a century and a half ago, the giant squid lived only in the tall tales of sailors and fishermen.
“Then, thanks to a single photograph, the massive cephalopod immediately moved from the realm of fantasy to reality. And today “squid spirits” — as enthusiasts consider themselves — continue to marvel at the fact that there’s still so much mystery and awe around the creature 150 years later.”
This CBC article as spotted by our PHSC president and my friend, Clint Hryhorijiw, reports how photography was able to put to rest all speculation of the existence of this strange being. In the late 1870s, as stated in this article, photographic proof was needed before any thing or event was accepted as existing/true.
