Unresolved: Cryptids - Con Rit

The next cryptid I want to talk about is quite the gross one. The Con Rit, a giant centipede -barf- is said to inhabit the southeast Vietnam sea. Its body is made of pieces of bony plates and utilizes fish-like fins to move.

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Artist's illustration of the Con Rit, www.cryptidz.fandom.com

The first time a carcass of the creature was found was in 1833 by a man named Tran Van Con. He claimed it was 60 feet long -ugh- and 3 feet wide -ughh-. In 1920, Dr. A. Kremph, the director of the Oceanographic and Fisheries Service of Indo China conducted research on the Con Rit and interviewed the man who found the carcass back in 1833.

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Another artist's interpretation of the creature, www.cryptidz.fandom.com

In 1883, many Vietnamese men claimed to have found a washed-up, decapitated body at Hong Gai, Vietnam. The said the body had segmented joints and when you hit it, it made a clanging sound. They claimed it smelled so bad that they tossed it to the sea.

In 1899,the ship HMS Narcissus was near Cape Falcon in Algeria. Several of the sailors on the ship claimed to have sighted a 'sea monster.' They said it was roughly 135 feet in length, had multiple fins and it swam fast enough to keep up with the ship. The sailors said they watched the creature for a half hour before it went below.

If this creature is real, Cryptozoologists believe it be related to the zeuglodons or some giant crustacean or segmented sea creature.

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The Zeuglodon, www.wikipedia.org

The biggest species of centipede grows to an average of 12 inches however, one was found in Venezuela measuring to be 18 inches long. The biggest underwater centipede grows to nearly 8 inches long. Prehistorically, the largest species of centipede was the Euphoberia and it measured at 39 inches long. It lived 300 million years ago. Another species related to the centipede called the Arthropleura reached an average of 9 feet in length -ick-.

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Scolopendra gigantea, biggest land centipede, www.wikipedia.org

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Biggest underwater centipede, www.nationalgeographic.com

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Euphoberia, www.shutterstock.com

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Arthropleura, www.amazon.com

We all know that 80% of Earth's water is still unexplored. Does an unknown species of giant centipede live in the depths of the ocean? Is it a surviving prehistoric species? Could there be a modern species of giant centipede out there? Did these witnesses really see this creature all those years ago? So many questions, very little answers. As much as I would find it very interesting if these many creatures existed or once did, ginormous centipedes are where I cross the line. That's just gross, haha.

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