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'''Scott Cassell''' (born 1960 or 1961) is an [[United States|American]] [[explorer]], underwater filmmaker and [[counter-terrorism]] operative.<ref name="Animal Planet">{{cite web|url=http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/upclose/bios/scottcassell/scottcassell.html|title=Animal Planet :: Up Close and Dangerous|year=2012|publisher=[[Discovery Communications]]|access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> His documentary credits include over thirty-five programs for the [[Disney Channel]], [[MTV]] (''[[Wildboyz]]''), [[Spike TV]], the [[Discovery Channel]], [[Animal Planet]], the [[Space (Canadian TV channel)|Space]], the [[BBC]] and the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]].<ref name="Board">{{cite web|url=http://www.underseavoyagerproject.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=69|title=The Undersea Voyager Project - Board of Directors|publisher=Undersea Voyager Project|year=2010|access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref><ref name="EG">{{cite web|url=http://www.exploregreen.com/bios/Scott%20Cassell%20-%20EG%20Bio.pdf|title=Scott Cassell - EG Bio|publisher=Explore Green|access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> He has over 13,000 hours as a [[Underwater diving|diver]], and is a [[United States Coast Guard]]-qualified [[submersible]] pilot, with over 900 dives in the
Cassell grew up in [[California]] and worked as an underwater [[welder]] as a teenager.<ref name="Men's Health">{{cite journal|url=http://news.menshealth.com/the-real-most-interesting-man-in-the-world/2011/09/27/|title=The REAL Most Interesting Man in the World|last=Sturtz|first=Rachel|date=September 27, 2011|journal=[[Men's Health (magazine)|Men's Health News]]|publisher=[[Rodale Inc]]|access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref> He began diving in 1977.<ref name="Board"/><ref name="EG"/> Cassell spent over a decade filming or photographing [[Humboldt squid]].<ref name="deeperblue">{{cite web|url=http://www.deeperblue.com/dancing-with-demons/|title=Dancing with Demons|last=Cassell|first=Scott|date=December 15, 2005|publisher=deeperblue.net|issn=1469-865X|access-date=November 28, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Diver">{{cite web|url=http://diver.net/seahunt/fend/f_scottc.htm|title=In Search of the Red Demon|last=Cassell|first=Scott|publisher=diver.net|access-date=November 28, 2012}}</ref> It has been claimed that in November 2006 Cassell became the first person to film a [[giant squid]] in its natural environment, leading an expedition that filmed an ''[[Architeuthis dux]]'' with an estimated length of 40 feet in predatory behavior.<ref name="Board"/><ref name="EG"/> The footage aired on a History Channel program, ''[[MonsterQuest#Season one (2007–2008)|MonsterQuest: Giant Squid Found]]''.<ref name="EG"/> Cassell subsequently distanced himself from this documentary, claiming that it contained multiple factual, scientific, and ethical errors.<ref name="ScubaBoard">{{cite web|url=http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/marine-life-ecosystems/210712-monster-quest-giant-squid-found-scott-cassells-blog.html|title=Monster Quest: The Giant Squid-Found / Scott Cassell's Blog|last=Cassell|first=Scott|date=November 20, 2007|publisher=ScubaBoard.com|access-date=November 26, 2012}}</ref><ref name="DeeperBlue">{{cite web|url=https://www.deeperblue.com/dancing-with-demons/|title=Dancing with Demons|last=Cassell|first=Scott|date=December 15, 2015|publisher=DeeperBlue.com|access-date=May 1, 2017}}</ref>
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