Boy carves Initials onto turtle shell; years later, turtle is gigantic [closed]
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Years ago (late 80’s to early 90’s), we watched a movie in which a seaside town is terrorized by a sea-monster which turns out to be a giant turtle. At the very end of the movie, the turtle sinks into the ocean and we see its shell with the initials (with the typical ‘+’ and heart, I think) that the boy and girl carved onto it when they were young.
I tried Googling it, but the only thing I could find were some news articles about a real-life incident (from May 2012) where a turtle is found 47 years after a boy carved his initials in its shell. Obviously the movie predates the real-life incident (strange that I thought of the movie only a few weeks after the news broke).
Does anyone know what the movie was?
Best Answer
Could it be this movie?
The Bermuda Depths. The plot element on the page looks a more closer match.
Magnus dreams of his childhood, playing on the same beach. He finds a turtle egg in the sand, and calls to his friend Jennie to have a look. As they watch, the egg hatches. A few years later, Magnus and Jennie play with the rather large turtle. Magnus takes a shell and carves "J+M" inside a heart on the turtle's shell, while Jennie finishes making a coral necklace, which she places around Magnus's neck.
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What is the name of the movie about a giant sea turtle?
of Rankin/Bass fame....The Bermuda DepthsDirected byTsugunobu Kotani (credited as Tom Kotani)StarringLeigh McCloskey Carl Weathers Connie Sellecca Julie Woodson Burl Ives Ruth Attaway18 more rowsWhat is the movie Bermuda depths about?
NEW fossils of the largest non-marine turtle to have ever lived have been discovered in the Tatacoa desert in Colombia. These include the biggest complete turtle shell ever found, a 2.4-metre-long carapace that is more than twice the size of the largest living turtle, the leatherback sea turtle.What is the biggest turtle shell ever found?
According to the Smithsonian National Zoological Park's website and other credible sources, box turtles can live more than 100 years. For example, an eastern box turtle that was believed to be 130 years old was found in Illinois. The turtle's shell or carapace is made up of smaller living pieces called scutes.How to Draw a Turtle Shell - Easy Things To Draw
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