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A wonderful story Connor thanks for sharing it.

It is funny in my case, and apparently yours, how easy it still is to become scared by instantly unexplainable underwater events. This weekend here in Chile, swimming about 300meters back from my spearing point, in about 6M of water a "whirling dervish" emerged from under a rock. It looked like a spiraling conger eel, heading full speed towards me, air bubbles all over the exterior off the rocket looking shape. I calmed down only when it arrived next to me on the surface, popped on his back, took one breath and headed down again, not to emerge in the 4 or 5 mins I waited: a sea otter!

I was lucky enough to attend the Vertical Blue 2008 freediving comp at deans blue hole on Long Island in the Bahamas. Amazing change of waters! See photo.