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Fear of Big Things Underwater

Below the thunders of the upper deep, Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.app/videos/jacob-geller-fear-of-big-things-underwater Support me: https://www.patreon.com/JacobGeller Follow me at: https://twitter.com/yacobg42 Merch: https://store.nebula.app/collections/jacob-geller The Kraken by Katie Dey: https://katiedey.bandcamp.com/album/the-kraken Additional Voices by Mark Brown: https://twitter.com/gamemakerstk Chapters: Introduction: 0:00 1- The Kraken: 1:44 2- The Imagined Depths: 12:28 3- The Drowned Giants: 19:13 4- Just Before the End: 28:30 5- The Great Unknown: 34:51 Epilogue: 41:54 Media Used: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), The Drowned Giant (2021), Subnautica, Iron Lung, In Other Waters Music Used (chronologically): Dismantle (Peter Sandberg), Deciphering Tool (Jon Bjork), Ennui (Cody High), Oceanic Adventure (Bonnie Grace), Trapped Underwater (Kikoru), Scared of Water (Kikoru), Arc Lights, Bone Fields (Subnautica), Underwater Findings (Deskant), Is (Sandra Marteleur), Humdrum Days (Franz Gordon), Thrilling India 2 (August Wilgelmsson), Heavy Respite (Martin Klem), The Deepest Cave (Farrell Wooten), Ghostlight (Iron Lung), The Carousel (The Evil Within), Amid Bones (Iron Lung), At the End of Nothing (Silver Maple), Of Sober Mind (Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen), The Kraken (Katie Dey) Sources: Kraken (Wendy Williams, 2010) Kraken (China Mieville, 2010) Monsters of the Sea (Richard Ellis, 1994) The Kraken: When Myth Encounters Science (Salvador & Tomotani, 2013) The Natural History of Norway (Erik Pontoppidan, 1755) Underland (Robert Macfarlane, 2019) The Drowned Giant (J.G. Ballard, 1964) The Metamorphosis of Unknown Animals into Fabulous Beasts and of Fabulous Beasts into Known Animals (Bernard Heuvelmans, 1990) Chasing Ice (Orlowski, 2012) Giant Squid (Clyde Roper, Smithsonian 2018): https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/giant-squid The Squid Hunter (David Grann, 2004): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/05/24/the-squid-hunter Why Do Deep Sea Creatures Evolve Into Giants? (Real Science, 2022): https://youtu.be/uYR4ZMlLUwI Tsunami reveals ancient temple sites (Paddy Maguire, 2005): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4312024.stm Mahabalipuram: The Temple that Rose from the Sea (Aditi Shah, 2018): https://www.livehistoryindia.com/story/monuments/mahabalipuram Mahabalipuram: Sea, Surfing and Shore Temple (Uttara Gangopadhyay, 2018): https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/explore/story/69050/a-guide-to-mahabalipuram-sea-surfing-and-shore-temple Tsunami Footage: https://youtu.be/ks5p-slN4Mc As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’ (Christopher Flavelle, 2022): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/climate/salt-lake-city-climate-disaster.html Owens Valley Salty As Los Angeles Water Battle Flows Into Court (Kirk Siegler, 2013): https://www.npr.org/2013/03/11/173463688/owens-valley-salty-as-los-angeles-water-battle-flows-into-court 3rd set of human remains discovered at Lake Mead (Adriana Navarro, 2022): https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/3rd-set-of-human-remains-discovered-at-lake-mead/1222679 Adventuring With Beebe (Beebe, The Viking Press, New York, 1955, p.81-82): https://sites.google.com/site/cwilliambeebe/Home/bathysphere Discovery Channel: Monster Squid - It Lives (2011): https://youtu.be/k7oyNFFTi10 Edie Widder and Nathan Robinson via OceanExplorerGov: https://youtu.be/Lqim34DvCrs Gennaro, J.F. Jr. 1971. The Creature Revealed. Natural History, March 1971 Pierce, S., G. Smith, T. Maugel & E. Clark 1995. On the Giant Octopus (Octopus giganteus) and the Bermuda Blob: Homage to A. E. Verrill. Biological Bulletin 188: 219-230 Pierce, S., S. Massey, N. Curtis, G. Smith, C. Olavarría & T. Maugel 2004. Microscopic, Biochemical, and Molecular Characteristics of the Chilean Blob and a Comparison With the Remains of Other Sea Monsters: Nothing but Whales. Biological Bulletin 206: 125–133. Additional photos from: Swarna1311 Y23 at English Wikipedia Borgx Additional Footage from Getty Images Additional Music and Sound from Epidemic Sound Thumbnail Credit:https://twitter.com/HotCyder Description Credit: Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Kim Platitudinous

You can sing this title to the tune of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Aaron Thomas

I have had multiple conversations with friends and family trying to accurately describe my fear of big things underwater, both natural and manmade. I never feel like I fully express the sheer visceral terror that imagining floating underwater next to the passing hull of a ship, or the eerie hum of a submarine evokes. This video could not be better targeted. Megalohydrothalassophobes of the world unite!

Ryan Wright

Hey Jacob, this is really excellent research, man. Don’t know if you ever doubt whether you’re being thorough enough or feel like you may not be doing ‘real research’ because you make entertainment, but this is really good shit. Tying in monstrous consequences of climate change to sea monsters is super compelling! Gave me chills and a bit of cathartic climate grief. Well done!

Kris Arruda

The Mark Brown X Jacob Geller collab I didn’t know I wanted exists!

Minotaur-6

For some reason, the same things that freak people out about the ocean are the very things that make me really at home and relaxed/at peace while in the ocean. I love the feeling of resigning oneself to the power of nature.

Mark Walton

this is one of my favourite series to watch. these videos always hit. thank you, Jacob

Adirondack Kobold

This looks really good! Great separation from the background, and really sharp. And also pitches straight into a really primal disquiet, going to be thinking about this one for a while...

Dang Nguyen

Ugh, of course you’d post this while I’m halfway through an essay! Gonna save this to watch as a reward once I’ve finally finished my schoolwork lol.

K Guard

Finally, a video for my specific fears!

TeamDman

Commenting to appreciate the production quality. The set design with the mask, reading from the book then back to the script, the inaudible cuts, the masking of the videos at the end, lovely work!!

andi_the_artist

I'm glad to see you recovered from Sword Stream! I'm looking forward to watching this.

Izzy Torres

Idk if I’m allowed to say fuck on patreon but FUCK YES

Felix Adler

yesssss the architeuthis B) knew it would have subnautica

uwuewa

Ahh, what a great video. I was wondering if Subnautica and The Kraken (that i have shamefully yet to finish) are going to be mentioned, so i got to punch the air with delight when they did show up. Also, as an European viewer - the sizes in metric showing up are very much appreciated. Thank you for not making me do math while watching. Every single one one of your essays is such a journey, i love them all

cussbunny

far and away my favorite video yet. felt made just for me

Klaus Nasenberg

That was an incredible video. Very interesting, and a pleasure to watch. Ever since the giant stone snake in Sonic Adventure DX I have felt immensely icky about large bodies of water and giant aquatic creatures. I have to seriously pull myself together to face things like Sea Of Thieves bosses or Dark Souls 1 Hydra. fAVOURITE video of yours this year at the least!

Nav Spider

i never realized how much of my like core personality was shaped by growing up in a weird little beach town (in NC too, coincidentally!) until i moved away so i gotta say, seeing the Ocean Lore presentation you did as a kid really hits me in that specific nostalgia spot. truly incredible video. i'm fully ready to walk into the sea and let whatever happens happen after that. i know this is in the "fear of" series, but thinking about how giant and unknown the ocean is is somehow really comforting to me. so tl;dr, thanks for this!! impeccable vibes :)

Sam Sharpe

I only hear about cool games like Iron Lung or Perfect Vermin when they show up in the videos, every time I've gotta pause the video and go play the game first!

Clem Binks

If you haven’t come across it already, I’d really recommend the sci-fi novel The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham - it hits the same notes you’ve discussed here, tying in to climate change, our relationship to the sea, and a touch of existential fear (I think you’d love it) 🌊