Why The Bigfin Squid Is THE MOST TERRIFYING Thing We've Ever Filmed

In November 2007, a Shell Oil ROV operating 2,300 meters deep in the Gulf of Mexico captured footage of something that shouldn't exist. It wasn’t a fish, and it didn’t move like a squid. It moved like a marionette with its strings cut. This is the story of the Magnapinna Squid (or Bigfin Squid)—the most elusive and terrifying organism in the deep ocean. From the "Long-Arm Alien" sightings to the crushing pressure of the Midnight Zone, we explore the science and the horror behind a creature that triggers the uncanny valley in us all.