A bay at the southern tip of Vancouver Island. From around 1933, sightings of a large sea monster were reported, and it came to be called Cadborosaurus (Caddy) after the bay.
Sighting & Incident Site
Cadboro Bay
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Positions on the map are a rough guide to the area where a legend or sighting is set. Most pins are placed at representative points of a municipality or prefecture (outside Japan, a city position rounded to about 10 km, or the country), not at the exact place.
Municipality points: Geolonia address data (CC BY 4.0), based on the Address Base Registry (Digital Agency of Japan) / Country points: Natural Earth
| Encyclopedia | Caddy (Cadborosaurus) |
|---|---|
| Location | Canada Victoria |
| Type of place | Sea |
| Map position | Approximately the actual place |
A sea-serpent-type cryptid sighted off the coast of British Columbia on Canada's west coast. It was named by a newspaper in the 1930s, and a photo survives of a carcass said to have been found in a whale's stomach. Its identity is debated.