Gorgo

Gorgo was a monster which appeared in the 1961 creature-feature of the same name, as well as it’s spin-off novel and comic books.

Description
A bipedal reptile standing some sixty-five feet tall, Gorgo possessed a scaly, dark green hide and large claws on both hind and forelimbs. A juvenile when first encountered, those who studied him guessed that he might reach as large as two hundred feet in height and correspondingly more massive when fully grown.

History
After a volcanic eruption off the coast of Ireland awakened Gorgo, he ventured into a nearby harbour in search of food, but the locals were able to drive it off. Later, a group of fishermen tracked the beast down while at sea and managed to subdue it in fishing nets and drag it aboard their vessel.

Selling Gorgo to a London circus, the creature was soon put on display in the centre of Battersea Park. However, Gorgo’s mother, dubbed Ogra, had tracked down her captured son, and proceeded to devastate London despite the best efforts of both the British Army and Royal Air Force. Finally managing to free Gorgo, Ogra and her child retreated back into the ocean, presumably never to be seen again.