A YouTuber shared the incredible sights he encountered after tossing a GoPro under a fishing pier.
There’s an old saying, “What you don’t know doesn’t hurt you.” When it comes to the mysteries of the sea, many would prefer to stay blissfully unaware, especially while perched on a rickety wooden pier.
However, angler Brant Peacher decided to uncover the secrets beneath what’s dubbed the ‘world’s most dangerous pier’ on Okaloosa Island, Florida. He threw his GoPro into the waters to capture what lies below.
In a video uploaded to his YouTube channel last year, Brant explains that he had attached a GoPro to his fishing rod and dropped it over the edge.
He continues: “And I’m going to show you guys some pretty crazy stuff swimming around this pier.”
The angler then suggests they might even ‘try to catch’ some of the creatures, but he might have reconsidered after the GoPro unveiled a startling surprise.
The GoPro descends into the shallows, and immediately, it captures a somewhat unsettling sight for anyone who has swum nearby before—a ‘giant tail’ comes into view.
“That was massive,” Brant exclaims.
While there are plenty of small fish and clear blue waters, Brant mentions that the footage turns out to be ‘one of the craziest GoPro drops’ he’s ever done.
The reason becomes apparent when the camera spots a ‘massive’ shadowy figure in the background—a ‘tiger shark.’
And later in the footage, the tiger shark swims even closer.
“When I say this pier was covered with tiger sharks,” Brant explains. “They were absolutely everywhere.”
To underscore Brant’s point, another tiger shark nonchalantly swims into view. Further along in the recording, one emerges from the depths, its eyes staring directly at the camera.
One YouTube user wrote: “These camera shots were absolutely spectacular. The bio mass of life under this pier is breathtaking. Awesome work.”
“Those tiger sharks are a bit more than I’d want to deal with. I’m not sure how aggressive they are but they look big enough to take a chunk out of you,” another added.
Another viewer commented: “It never fails to amaze me at how many people I see at the beach swimming by piers.”
And a fourth remarked: “As someone who has jumped off of piers in my younger days… dang was I lucky!! Beautiful videos. Thank you.”