Diver panics when seal won’t let go, then looks up and sees why

An Unforgettable Experience

Before he plunged into the water, they warned him. They told him that nobody knew what to expect from the deep waters below. It was well known that predators lurked within, and they were waiting for a chance to strike. But he simply didn’t believe them.

Yet there he was, surrounded and outnumbered.

Things weren’t looking good for him. But then he looked up and saw the seal, his panic started to fade. It was just trying to tell him something.

Diving As A Passion

Gary Grayson had grown up obsessed with the deep blue sea. As a child, he would torment his parents by sticking on the same ocean life documentary over and over again. ‘I’m going to be a marine biologist,’ Gary would say.

While that didn’t quite pan out for the adult Gary, he had the next best thing.

Diving was a rewarding and enriching hobby for him. And he had a special trip coming up.

The Isles of Scilly

As a 40th birthday surprise present, Gary’s friends booked a scuba vacation in the Isles of Scilly. Gary had no shortage of diving experience. He had dived around the world, from Mexico to Cuba, encountering giant manta rays and other creatures along the way.

But there was a special reason he wanted to visit these waters off the coast of Cornwall.

Underwater Secrets

Gary was a treasure hunter of sorts. He believed that there were unclaimed goods at the bottom of the ocean begging to be discovered. The Isles of Scilly were said to have shipwrecked jewels hidden on the seabed. But they were also believed to have things that you would not want to discover.

Gary had heard tales, but he didn’t know how true they were. The tales spoke of creatures—the unpleasant, almost mythical kind.

Deep-Sea Creatures

You don’t need to be David Attenborough to know that the creatures at the bottom of the sea look scary. Being deprived of light will do weird things to an organism. Tales of a giant squid with arms so long that it bordered on the ridiculous were common around the Isle of Scilly.

But these were tall tales. 

What Gary feared was meeting a creature that could be found in the clear water.