Not your fault, but all of mankind.

I'm sure that's what the fishermen thought when they cut their line because it's just one hook, right? Or maybe they did the exact same thing and flicked a cigarette butt. That's 2 cigarette butts that never belonged there in the first place. Even if only one of the fishermen smokes, if he flicks every single butt into the ocean every day, it adds up. Multiply by however many fishermen...you get the idea.

The Kraken watched too many of his friends die because of humans' selfish littering.

Great story, by the way. Got me thinking enough to actually comment!

My theory is that, whatever it was, it hates litterbugs.

Dropping your plate of food in the ocean while stumbling drunk? Could be an accident. Monster let that one slide.

But then you PURPOSELY flick your CIGARETTE BUTT into the OCEAN? Straight to Ocean Jail.