Lusca of Bermuda?

CY writes in saying he’s off to Bermuda on Sunday, and wondering what he should keep an eye out for there.

One of the strangest cryptozoological mysteries of the Caribbean is the Lusca, a giant octopus-like cephalopod said to live in the “blue holes” (narrow pits that plunge as much as 200 feet straight down through rock) of Andros and the Grand Bahama islands in the Bahamas, the Caicos Islands, and off Cuba.

I have always wondered if the blue holes of Bermuda could hide a Lusca or two. Or even the cenotes of the Yucatan?

While Bahamas’ blue holes get most of the attention, there are blue holes in Bermuda too. Indeed, one of Bermuda’s major tourist attraction is the Devil’s Hole, a blue hole.

An interesting footnote to be conscious of for CY leaving for Bermuda on Sunday, July 5th, is that he may be there for the Full Moon of July 7. The Lusca reportedly surfaces at night when the moon is full. It is said to drag boats and fisherman into the water with its tentacles. Watch out.

I wonder what pops up on the waters of the Caribbean near Bermuda when the moon is full. (Play “Twilight Zone” music now.)

Loren Coleman About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct). Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015. Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.

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