Claim: Tsunemi Kubodera, a Japanese zoologist with the National Museum of Nature and Science, captured photos of the elusive giant squid with his special cameras, which were able to store 600 photos, with his partner Kyoichi Mori of the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association
Evidence: Tsunemi Kubodera (窪寺 恒己, Kubodera Tsunemi, born 1951 in Nakano, Tokyo) is a Japanese zoologist with the National Museum of Nature and Science. With his partner Kyoichi Mori of the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association, Kubodera captured photos of the elusive giant squid with his special cameras, after three years of attempts. The cameras, which were able to store 600 photos, were programmed to flash and take a picture every 30 seconds.