Mysterious Creatures : A Guide to Cryptozoology

Caddy
Sea Monster of the coast of Br it ish Columbia,
Canada.
Etymology: Name popularized if not coined
Oct ober 11, 1933, by Victoria (B.C.) Daily Times
edit or Ar chie H. Wills aft er r epeat ed sight ings in
Cadbor o Bay, Br it ish Columbia. Shor t for m of
Cadborosaurus, coined at t he same t ime.
Variant names: Amy, Cadbor osaur us, Edizgigant
eus (aft er Ediz Hook Light , Washingt on),
Haietluk, Klamahsosaur us (on Texada Island),
Penda (aft er Pender Island).
Scientific name: Cadborosaurus willsi, proposed
by Edwar d L. Bousfield and Paul H.
LeBlond in 1995.
Physical description: Ser pent ine body t hat
for ms many humps or loops. Lengt h, 16–100
feet . Diamet er , 2 feet 6 inches–8 feet . Light
br own t o black. Small head r esembles a sheep,
hor se, gir affe, or camel. Eyes in t he fr ont of t he
head. Small ears or hor ns. Point ed t ongue. Two
rows of fishlike t eet h. Mane or fur somet imes r epor
t ed. Neck is 3–12 feet long, about as t hick as
an arm. One pair of fr ont flipper s. Back somet
imes appears ser r at ed, somet imes smoot h. Flat
tail is fluked or for med fr om fused back flipper s.
Behavior: Does not appear t o undulat e when
it swims. Fast swimming speed, clocked at 40
knot s. Br eat hes in shor t pant s. Makes whalelike
gr unt s and hisses. Feeds on her r ing, salmon, and
ducks.
Distribution: Br it ish Columbia seacoast , especially
around Cadbor o Bay and t he St r ait of
Geor gia.
Significant sightings: A cr ew member of t he
ship Columbia under Amer ican fur t r ader Capt .
Rober t Gr ay was t he fir st t o r epor t a Caddy
sight ing in 1791.
Osmond Fer gusson wat ched a 25-foot animal
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wit h a long neck near t he Queen Charlot t e Islands,
Br it ish Columbia, on June 26, 1897.
In Sept ember 1905 or 1906, Philip H. Welch
saw a br own animal wit h a 6- t o 8-foot neck
fr om a dist ance of 100 yards away in Johnst one
St rait . It had t wo bumps on it s head t hat wer e 5
inches high and r ounded on t op.
F. W. Kemp and his wife and son wat ched an
80-foot maned animal while t hey wer e sit t ing
on t he Chat ham Island beach, Br it ish Columbia,
on August 10, 1932.
On Sept ember 23, 1933, Dor ot hea Hooper
and a neighbor obser ved a ser pent ine animal
wit h a ser r at ed back cavor t ing in Cadbor o Bay
about 400 yards dist ant . It cr eat ed a commot ion
in t he wat er as it swam out to sea.
Maj. W. H. Langley and his wife wer e sailing
in Haro St r ait on Oct ober 1, 1933, when t hey
heard a loud gr unt off Chat ham Island. They
saw t he back of a huge, dark-gr een cr eat ur e wit h
serrated markings on t he t op and sides.
Char les F. Eagles sket ched a 60-foot animal
that he saw in Oak Bay on Oct ober 14, 1933. It
had cr ocodile-like spines on it s neck.
On December 3, 1933, Just ice of t he Peace
G. F. Par kyn of Bedwell Har bour was one of
twelve people wat ching fr om Pender Island as
an animal wit h a large, hor selike head and neck
gulped down a duck t hat had just been shot by
Cyr il Andr ews.
In 1936, E. J. St ephenson and his wife and
son wat ched a yellow-and-bluish, 90-foot -long,
3-foot -t hick animal cr awling over a r eef int o a
lagoon on Sat ur na Island.
A 10- t o 12-foot carcass of apparent ly a
young Caddy was r emoved fr om t he st omach of
a sperm whale, phot ogr aphed, and displayed for
a while at Naden Harbour whaling st at ion in
1937. The phot o shows it st r et ched out on