Emergency room nurse Victoria Bradshaw was just getting ready to fish off the coast of Haida Gwaii last Monday when she saw a large head pop up out of the water.

“At first I thought it was a sea lion,” she told Global News.

Turns out, it was a one of the largest sea turtles in the world.

“I grabbed my phone right away because this ginormous animal was just kind of cruising by us,” Bradshaw said.

“We very quickly turned off the motors because again, that’s super important for all marine wildlife, but we just felt so grateful that he came up pretty much within 20, 30 feet of the back of the boat, which is why we were so quick with that and I was able to capture that video.”

She said the turtle cruised along the surface for about 30 seconds before disappearing.

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