I'm not sure if I'm on the right track here, whether this site is for books on mythical creatures, whether Mythical Creatures or Logically Living IS a book and I should comment on it, or just do my own thing. I do know the father of Cryptozoology was Bernard Heuvelmans and that he wrote several books on unknown animals, the most recent edition I can find is 1995 "On the Track of Unknown Animals". I first read it in the 1960s and was impressed by what animals were mythological but turned out to be real in the late 19th and the 20th century: Giant Panda, Coelecanth, Okapi to name a few. Heuvelmans was born in 1916, kept a low personal profile, but was impeccable in his research and presentation. He later published "In the Wake of the Sea Serpent" where I learned of some very bizarre discoveries of previously mythical sea life. Of course there is the Coelecanth, thought to be not mythical but extinct. We now know that fishermen had been bringing them up previous to the final identification, and more have been found since. So what of the Kracken? Although I've read both books a couple of times, it's been 40+ years since last I did. Therefore, there are a lot of gaps in my memory to precise legends, but I do recall that the Kracken played a large part in the book.
Other things of interest that I recall, but may not have been in these particular books since I have read others, elephants swim. When they swim, they often look like sea serpents. Our local mythical (so far) beasts are Sasquatch (my great-uncle went with a group searching for Sasquatch in 1952, so I've known about that for many years), Ogopogo, Cadborosaurus. Of course we have the "Spirit" bear (Kermode bear) which at some point in time was mythical. Who would have believed such animals as 1/2 giraffe, 1/2 zebra? The Okapi in Africa. Who would believe the little forest man with big eyes? That turned out to be the lemur. Let's hear some stories.
Other things of interest that I recall, but may not have been in these particular books since I have read others, elephants swim. When they swim, they often look like sea serpents. Our local mythical (so far) beasts are Sasquatch (my great-uncle went with a group searching for Sasquatch in 1952, so I've known about that for many years), Ogopogo, Cadborosaurus. Of course we have the "Spirit" bear (Kermode bear) which at some point in time was mythical. Who would have believed such animals as 1/2 giraffe, 1/2 zebra? The Okapi in Africa. Who would believe the little forest man with big eyes? That turned out to be the lemur. Let's hear some stories.