The find hints that a prehistoric octopus was large enough to kill and eat huge ichtyosaurs - was the Kraken more than a mere tall tale?
Discovery: Researcher Mark McMenamin says this arrangement of lizard bones, which were brought to this area in a pattern of a tentacle, could prove the existence of the Kraken
Giant octopi have been a staple of fiction - and fishermmens' tales - for centuries. The real thing, though, seemed to prefer other huge sea creatures to men - and most definitely didn't walk on land
Today's cephalopods - even the largest - are rarely much bigger than a human being. The largest existing specimens of this Pacific giant octopus species tend to weigh around 150lb