A giant squid, also known as an Architeuthis squid, stunned people by making its way into Toyama Bay of Japan on Christmas Eve. The creature swam beneath boats for hours before disappearing into water.

People who were treated to the rate sighting of the creature captured it on their cameras and posted it on social media. A submersible camera captured a video of the squid close to the surface of Toyama Bay. Akinobu Kimura, a diver and owner of Diving Shop Kaiyu, swam alongside the red-and-white creature before it went back to open water.

This was the third time when a giant squid was caught on video as the first giant creature was filmed three years back. As per the spectators, the squid was about 12 feet long, shorter than the longest squid of 43 feet long.

About the Christmas squid, Kimura said it was a giant creature. Curiosity to see the creature made the diver to jump into the water and swim alongside the squid. According to Kimura, he decided to jump into water because he wanted to go close to the specimen.

“This squid was not damaged and looked lively, spurting ink and trying to entangle his tentacles around me. I guided the squid toward to the ocean, several hundred meters from the area it was found in, and it disappeared into the deep sea”, said Kimura.

Yuki Ikushi from Uozu Aquarium in Uozu said it was first sighting of giant squid this season, which runs from November to March.