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==Black Demon==
Locals have alleged the existence of a giant creature known as the "Black Demon" ({{langx|es|El Demonio Negro}}) of the Sea of Cortez. It is usually considered to be a black shark, and less commonly as a whale, measuring about {{convert|20 to 60|ft|m|abbr=on}} and weighing {{convert|50,000 to 100,000|lb|t|abbr=on}},<ref name="ThePortalist 08-2018">{{citation |last=Cox |first=Caroline |title=Alleged Megalodon Sightings That Will Make You Want to Believe |publisher=The Portalist |url=https://theportalist.com/megalodon-sightings-alleged |date=2018-08-07 |access-date=2018-09-19}}</ref><ref name="Aitchison2010">{{cite book |last=Aitchison |first=Stewart W. |title=The Desert Islands of Mexico's Sea of Cortez |publisher=[[University of Arizona Press]] |chapter=3: Island Life |page=81 |isbn=978-0-8165-2774-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nQVS9EDmfhQC |year=2010}}</ref> similar to the estimated length of the [[megalodon]].<ref name="Seeker2013">{{cite news |last=Viegas |first=Jen |title=Could a Prehistoric, 60-Foot Shark Still Exist? |publisher=[[Seeker.com]] |url=https://www.seeker.com/could-a-prehistoric-60-foot-shark-still-exist-1767682752.html |date=2013-08-02 |access-date=2018-09-18}}</ref> It is one of a number of alleged cases of giant sharks in the Pacific Ocean, made throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.<ref name="ThePortalist 08-2018"/><ref name="Elasmoresearch">{{cite web|url=http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/evolution/megalodon_lives.htm|title=Does Megalodon Still Live?|publisher=Biology of Sharks and Rays|access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref>