In the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, a ROV employed by the Shell Oil Company was quietly moving through the chilled, dark waters of Alaminos Canyon.
source/image: Animal Wire
It was nearly 8,000 feet below the ocean’s surface, creeping along, inspecting the underwater area around the Perdido oil platform the deepest offshore drilling site in the world when its operator came upon a creature that inhabits both the depths of the ocean and the subconscious mind.
Deep Sea Alien Creatures. Around a mile and a half down into the ocean you can find some strange looking creatures.
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This unknown squid has only been filmed a dozen or so times and has not been positively identified yet.The mysterious creature is being called a Long Arm Squid and could possibly be part of the Big Fin squid family (Magnapinnidae).