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Here is a good discussion of this on TONMO:
http://www.tonmo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11415
-David
Should have added:
One of the people who was on the film crew is posting in that discussion, as well as Dr. O'Shea (the giant squid researcher)
-David
David,
Thanks for commenting. Looks like the discussion over at TONMO has some skeptics on size and identity. I am definitely with the skeptics. My vote is with Steve's a friend of DSN.
http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2007/06/post_4.php