The Hunt for the Most Elusive Creature in the Sea
David Grann on efforts by the marine biologist Steve O’Shea to capture the animal, which has fascinated sailors and oceanographers and been written about by Jules Verne and Peter Benchley.
"I've been sailing for forty years and I've always had an answer for everything—for hurricanes and icebergs. But I didn't have an answer for this. It was terrifying." — yachtsman after a giant squid wrapped around his boat