Mystery & horrorThe Quiet RecordAn Oil Rig ROV Pilot Filmed Something With 20-Foot Arms at 7,800 Feet — Shell Sat on the Tape
An Oil Rig ROV Pilot Filmed Something With 20-Foot Arms at 7,800 Feet — Shell Sat on the Tape
Long-form15:38
Published Sep 30, 2026, 4:44 PM · 2w ago
The Quiet Record
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Description
An ROV pilot working a routine inspection on a Shell drilling site was 7,800 feet below the surface when something drifted into the floodlights — something with arms stretching over 20 feet long.
The footage was quietly filed away, and for years the company never released a single frame to the public.
When the tape finally surfaced, marine biologists who reviewed it admitted they were looking at something almost never captured on camera.
What this creature was doing at that depth, and why it approached the ROV, raises questions scientists still can't fully answer.
Watch until the end — because the final moments of this footage show behavior that has never been documented before.
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