WHAT WENT DOWN BETWEEN THIS SURFER AND AN INJURED GIANT SQUID WILL LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS!

They say that surfing is one of the most exhilarating activities one could ever be blessed with doing. Well, the waves, the ocean breeze, and the gorgeous sun is a combination nothing can compare to. Admit it, we have all imagined and daydreamed about riding waves and getting on a surfboard. There is another thing that makes surfing one of the most entertaining sports ever. You might catch a few fishes or sea creatures while at it. James Taylor encountered something while riding the waves that changed his whole perception of the aquatic life.

So you never know what kind of a day, spending time at the ocean would be like. There are so many possibilities that await you in the ocean. After all, water covers 70% of the world right? Well for this man named James Taylor, who is a surfer aged 39, it was like any other day. He was busy surfing but on this particular day in Merkbosstrand, South Africa. He was paddle surfing his day away and did not think much of it until this.

Just like him, he had a wife who was well into water sports too. His wife loves spending time and surfing in the ocean waves just as much as Taylor enjoys it. So this random day, he was just paddling around with his darling wife, Christina, minding their own business until they saw something weird lurking in the ocean water. Since he was not prepared for any kind of an out-of-the-ordinary experience, he was completely shaken up by what he saw that day.

Giant Squid

We never know what we could discover in the ocean because we as humans have not even uncovered most of what lies under the depths of the ocean bodies. Who knows what kind of fish or living creates stay under the deep trenches of the oceans. So on that day what did Taylor discover? Well, it turns out, the peculiar thing that the couple saw in the water was actually a giant squid! The huge squid appeared to be injured as well and Taylor knew he had to do something to help.

It would be confusing to see something as random as an injured squid out of the blue in the water. And indeed Taylor was very shocked to see such a thing. Since the squid was suffering from some injuries, it needed to be helped immediately. Taylor tried his best and did whatever he thought was best at the spur of the moment. He made a lasso out of a rope and tied to squid to pull it out of the water. The squid was, however, not cooperating and it had intentions of its own.

The Video

When he uploaded the clip, he made sure he wrote something for the caption. What was it then? Well, James wrote: “Spotted an injured giant squid just behind the waves in Melkboss a while back and decided to try and get it to the beach.” The big question is how did James have the time or was ready with a camera if all the things that took place with the giant squid was a surprise? How can you be so prepared when faced with a surprise like this?

Founder

It turns out, James actually has a very big reason for carrying the camera during his ‘surprise encounter’. In fact, he is actually the co-founder of FanCam. What is FanCam? It is a company that aims to produce a high-resolution photo in a unique way. The clear photo would be a result of piecing together 100s of high-resolution photos to create an even bigger picture. So you may be confused by all of this and might even be asking what this all means…

Actually, FanCam is a very impressive invention. The pictures that have been created using a FancCam would actually be so large that it would be enough to identify a single person at a stadium event. Isn’t that great or what? So we can say that Taylor is not really an amateur when it comes to working with cameras. it was actually just fate that decided to let him meet a giant injured squid that particular day and nothing else or nothing much. There is nothing to speculate about much.

Loads Of Viewers

The video that he uploaded about the squid encounter actually raked up a lot of attention plus a ton of buzz. There were thousands of people who wanted to see the giant squid up close and so the video became a viral hit. The video of James and the squid has actually received about 60,000views on his account on the popular app. Sine the video was viewed by thousands of people, there were obviously many people who went in to comment on it as well. After so many of Instagram users freaked out looking at the clip of the giant squid, many of them decided to leave a comment on Taylor’s video post. There were a lot of people who criticized his intentions about getting the injured giant squid to the shore. The video caused a lot of people to voice their opinions that obviously left room for a few arguments too.

Mystery Animal

It is actually very rare for one to be able to have an encounter with a giant squid. It had remained a very mysterious living creature that no one really knows about for many years. Scientists did not have much knowledge regarding this aquatic animal and it was not until recently that they got to learn a bit more about this sea animal. The only way for a scientist to learn about these rare creatures is only if they turn up out of nowhere like this or their dead bodies get washed ashore by strong waves.

One good thing to note is that the giant squid is the biggest of all known squid species. Where do they stay and why are they so rarely seen? Well, these squids mostly reside in very deep cold water. Hence they do not really come out of the deeper levels of the sea. Since scientists cannot go too deep under the water due to the temperature and pressure, these squids have remained a big mystery and very little is known till date about them. However, giant squid spottings have been reported all over the world.