Elephant seal spotted along streets of Gordon's Bay

IN A BIZZARE and unexpected sighting, an elephant seal was spotted wandering through the streets of Gordon's Bay yesterday morning, nearly a kilometre from the shoreline.

- MANDILAKHE TSHWETE [e-mail]

Stunned residents first noticed the massive marine mammal around 6am and quickly began filming the unusual encounter.

Videos and photos online showed the visibly fatigued seal moving slowly along tarred roads, even propping its upper body on a parked vehicle before continuing to galumph forward.

By 8am, officials from the Cape of Good Hope SPCA arrived at Sir Lowry’s Pass Road, where the animal had settled in a residential area.