A whale of a tale & it's all true, I swear by my tattoo...

Ahoy, Crypto Scouts!

Here be Monsters! It's difficult to deduce from the snapshots above, but the sea monster (See? Monster!) I spotted was quite the WHOPPER! About the size of a small submersible, I'd guesstimate. It uses its lamp-like lure (AKA "Angler's dangler") to allure seafood-seeking patrons... and just when an unsuspecting scamp, hungry for scampi, comes scampering over... GULP!

Could this be the fabled Blowfat-Glowfish I heard tales about as a wee cabin boy? Why was this denizen of the briney deep so far from the dark depths of Davy Jones' locker? What IS that mystery piece you get at Long John Silver's... Is it chicken or fish, or some sort of genetically-engineered hybrid or mythical beast? I wasn't about to venture near enough to ask. These mysteries will have to remain as mysterious as the sea herself.

This fish tale, ya scurvy land-lubbers, is at an end... FOR NOW.

Cryptically yours,
*The Crypto-Scout


UPDATE! After some thought, I've determined that an expedition into the belly of the beast just may be the adventure of a lifetime. Now to figure out how to get inside... in one piece.

"Be careful! Some of the big fish can swallow you whole."
"Swallow my what?"


UPDATE 2.0! I've formulated a preliminary course of action. Here is how I plan on getting SWALLOWED in 3 simple steps:

Stage 1] Lather up from head to toe with a full bucket (at the very least) of CHUM.
Stage 2] Insult the deep-sea beast (Note: must rethink "Your mother was a bottom dweller!"), and see if she takes the bait.
Stage 3] Promise to not get any in her eyes or gills.


UPDATE 3.0! Make that "6 simple steps"...

Stage 4] Once inside, lash together a rudimentary raft out of the sea monster's stomach contents.
Stage 5] Set up BASE CAMP!
Stage 6] Initiate "Observation Mode", and predict that "we're gonna need a bigger stomach-contents-raft".


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