BP BURNS LIVE SEA TURTLES, WILDLIFE + SUBMARINE CHASED OFF FLORIDA COAST

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Run time: 03:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzCN7qStYXQ   Posted on YouTube: June 21, 2010 By YouTube Member: HorseofPaulRevere Views on YouTube: 4603   Posted on DU: June 25, 2010 By DU Member: Devil_Fish Views on DU: 282

 

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1. The bit about the sub isn't in the video

It's a link in the video's YouTube caption to a short Palm Beach Post article

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/boater-chases-mysterious-periscope-off-hollywood-beach-752917.html

Boater chases mysterious periscope off Hollywood beach

By Robert Nolin South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Updated: 7:05 p.m. Sunday, June 20, 2010
Posted: 8:49 a.m. Thursday, June 17, 2010

Ryan Danoff was fishing with two friends about four miles off Hollywood beach Sunday when he spied what appeared to be a mast on the horizon. Funny thing: There was no boat underneath it.

Danoff, a Fort Lauderdale fish farmer who's on the water at least three days a week, aimed his 31-foot center console Fishy Business at the mysterious upright and found himself eye to eye with a periscope. "It was crazy," he said. "If it was just myself out there I wouldn't believe what I saw."

Danoff moved closer. "It took off," he said. Very fast, about 20 knots. The periscope sank beneath the waves, and whatever was below the surface blew its ballast, sending aloft a mighty hiccup of bubbles. After five minutes the sea lay once again undisturbed.

Danoff, 30, reported the episode to the Coast Guard. They said they'd get back to him, but never did. Coast Guard Petty Officer Barry Bena said Danoff's information went to the proper authorities. "As of right now, they're still looking into it," he said. So could it have been a Navy sub taking a peek at the beach? "It's kind of uncommon," Bena said. "But it's a definite possibility."