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Lusca

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Painted illustration: giant octopus in a Bahamas blue hole
AI rendition based on witness descriptions, not an actual photo.
Colossal octopus drawing by Pierre Denys de Montfort, early 1800s, a historical giant-octopus image (not a drawing of the lusca)
Colossal octopus drawing by Pierre Denys de Montfort, early 1800s, a historical giant-octopus image (not a drawing of the lusca) · Pierre Denys de Montfort / Etienne Claude Voysard · Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source
Guardian Blue Hole on Andros Island, Bahamas; blue holes like this are where the lusca is said to live
Guardian Blue Hole on Andros Island, Bahamas; blue holes like this are where the lusca is said to live · R Pollack at English Wikipedia · Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source

A creature said to live in the blue holes of Andros, Bahamas.

Folklore Verdict: We treat Lusca as folklore: the record is stories and local reports, with no specimen or verified photo.

Region
North America · Bahamas
First reports
Caribbean folklore

Key sightings

Best evidence

Stories and tradition only; no physical evidence.

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