  "cadborosaurus willsi", nicknamed caddy, is an alleged sea serpent reported to be living on the pacific coast of north america. its name is derived from cadboro bay in greater victoria, british columbia, and the greek root word "saurus" meaning lizard or reptile. reports describe it as being similar in form and behavior to various popularly named lake monsters such as "ogopogo" of okanagan lake in british columbia and to the loch ness monster of scotland. ==description== thumb|left|side-view of the naden harbour carcass cadborosaurus willsi is said by witnesses to resemble a serpent with vertical coils or humps in tandem behind the horse-like head and long neck, with a pair of small elevating front flippers, and either a pair of hind flippers, or a pair of large webbed hind flippers fused to form a large fan-like tail region that provides powerful forward propulsion. dr. leblond director of earth and ocean sciences at ubc and dr. blousfield retired chief zoologist of the canadian museum of nature state every elongated animal has been put forward as an explanation for caddy. these animals include conger eels, humpback whales, elephant seals, ribbon or oar fish, basking sharks and sea lions. leblond and blousfield state no known creature matches the characteristics found in over 200 sightings collected over a century noting caddy is described as having flippers both anterior and posterior. ==creatures identified as cadborosaurus== ===sea lion=== in 1943 two police officers, inspector robert owens and staff sergent jack russell saw a "huge sea serpent with a horse like head" in georgia strait. later "with a pair of binoculars sgt. russell saw that the strange apparition was a huge bull sea lion leading a herd of six sea lionsâ¦their undulations as they swam appeared to form a continuous body, with parts showing at intervals as they surfaced and dived. to the naked eye, the sight perfectly impersonated a sea monster."  ===giant oarfish=== there have been suggestions that caddy could be an example of the king of herrings o
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