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Oregon Surfer Said ‘Morning, Buddy’ to a Seal at Dawn. Then a Second Eye Opened Under Her Board
An Oregon surfer greeted a seal at dawn. It kept rising, blinked one giant eye at her, and then a second eye opened beneath her board. Here is…
Two Divers Were Hanging at Their Safety Stop When the Anchor Line Started Shaking. Then Their Boat Was Dragged Away
Two scuba divers at a 15-foot safety stop off North Carolina felt the anchor line hum as their boat was dragged away. Then her buddy looked down and…
A Retiree’s Metal Detector Started Screaming at the Tide Line. Then the Sand Under His Feet Caved In
A retiree's metal detector shrieked on an Outer Banks beach at dawn. The sand caved into a hissing burrow, steam rose, and something longer than a bus began…
A Crew Member Filmed a Perfect Whirlpool Forming in Front of His Tanker. Then He Zoomed In on the Center
A chief mate filmed a whirlpool forming ahead of his tanker on a calm morning. He zoomed in and saw teeth. Then a lifeboat dated 1987 rose from…
The Aquarium Pumps Seawater Straight From the Ocean. Last Night, Something Used the Pipe
A night guard at a Monterey aquarium watched the steel seawater intake grate bend inward. Something filled the ocean pipe, the pumps died, and the tank glass cracked.
A Tow Truck Tried to Pull a Sunken Car Out of a Maine Harbor. Something Underneath Pulled Back Harder
A tow driver in Portland, Maine tried to winch a sunken car up a boat ramp. The truck was dragged toward the water, the cable snapped, and something…
A Deckhand on Lake Michigan Filmed the Ice Cracking in a Straight Line Toward His Freighter. Then Something Broke Through
A Great Lakes deckhand filmed a crack racing across the ice toward his freighter. A scaled back longer than the ship broke through, and then a 1975 jacket…
Something Ripped the Fuel Hose Straight Down Into the Water at a Florida Marina. Then the Whole Dock Lifted
A marina attendant was fueling a yacht in Florida when the hose was dragged into the water. Then a dark shape rose under the yacht and lifted the…
Every Great White Around His Shark Cage Suddenly Fled. Then Something Pale Rose From the Dark Below
A tourist in a shark cage watched every great white bolt away at once. Then a pale eye bigger than the cage rose from below, and the cage…
He Thought a Big Walleye Hit His Line on Lake Superior. Then a Giant Eye Filled the Whole Ice Hole
An ice fisherman on Lake Superior had his rod ripped into the hole. Then a huge eye filled the circle and blinked, and cracks raced toward their boots.