No.49785
A newly uploaded video I watched showed an underwater cave called Sac Uayum in Mexico. Caves and deep sea are fascinating as it is, but Central America has underwater caves systems called cenote with skeletons inside. Sac Uayum has a local legend of a monster living in it that snatches people, and skeletons are deep inside the cave. I don't know if the caves were dry at one point so it is a bit mysterious as to how human bones get deep inside these caves, but they are limestone aquifers so they may have always been water-filled. One thought is that there were once additional openings on the surface that became plugged up with debris and sealed over time but I don't know if that occurred with this cave. Also included in the video are four other underwater places. This video is the first time I heard of a monster being associated with it which makes it even more interesting. Another video I watched shows how the cenote were contained within a walled city in ancient times, with exception of this one cave in particular, as if purposely excluded because of the danger. There is also a video of a guy performing a ritual to allow the cave divers to enter safely, but it's not that interesting unless you're really into folk magic. He basically just prays and cooks chicken stew.
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No.49796
>>49785
Reminds me of Lusca, a giant octopus/shark monster that allegedly lives in underwater caves in the Bahamas.
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No.49797
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I was once thinking of making a thread dedicated to octopus and squid.
There are many fascinating videos to watch about cephalopod intelligence.
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No.49809
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Went to look up lusca videos to find myself something to watch and this guy talks about the blue holes as being connected. I didn't know that the blue holes were connected tunnels. Maybe something similar occurred with the cenote, people getting water when pressure change causes them to get sucked in.
Another video showed stalactites, showing the holes were once above water, and silt deposits that were claimed to show storms and droughts during the Maya collapse. Although that other video didn't provide any details or sources about the silt deposits.
Now I'm going to watch the hour-long Monster Quest documentary and hope it offers something a bit more. I've read about the creature before but there wasn't much to read.
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No.49861
skeletons are just an urban legend dumbass
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No.49867
>>49809
>>49797
If you haven't already, I suggest that you do some research about the St. Augustine monster. It was a 30-metre-long octopus whose decomposing carcass was found on a beach in 1896. There's been a huge controversy over its finding, because experts disagree with each other on whether it was an octopus or a whale or a gigantic shark.
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No.49877
>>49867
That was brought up in something I watched last night. The Arthur Clarke show also talked about it.
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No.51286
if i remember correctly, cenotes were used by the maya for purposes of ritual human sacrifice. i'm not sure about this specific one, but that could explain the skeletons.
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