Justice for Trunko: The Misunderstood Sea Monster of 1924
A dramatic artistic recreation of the legendary 1924 Trunko sighting. Author and cryptid researcher Kevin Wikse watches from the South African shoreline as the mysterious elephant-like sea creature defends itself against two attacking killer whales. "Trunko looks like it might be Snuffleupagus's salty seafaring cousin." -Kevin Wikse There is a plethora of mysteries that make us wonder what is still hiding in the world’s forests, lurking in the depths, or skittering through dark caverns. However, the cryptid known as Trunko makes me wonder what we may have already lost. Long before underwater cameras, the marine expeditions of Jacques Cousteau, and satellite tracking, the oceans swallowed countless stories that can never be retold with certainty. Every now and then, however, the sea gives one back. Usually weathered. Usually incomplete. Sometimes in the form of a carcass washed onto a lonely beach, carrying with it more questions than answers. One such story came ashore on...