Comment by jayGlow

21 hours ago

sailors also reported seeing kraken as well, they were eventually proven right with the giant squid.

Exactly, that's the point : if it's true/right, we are now able to prove it with evidence. If it's not, suddently we don't see it anymore.

They reported seeing a lot of other things as well. Rationalizing that as "they were right about big squids existing" is a bit of a stretch.