An elderly elephant seal made a 5,000km journey for a 4-day summer vacation near Mossel Bay

A larger than life elephant seal made paid a rare a visit to Glentana, a quaint Western Cape coastal town between Mossel Bay and George.

Nicknamed Glen, the male Southern elephant seal, was spotted by a resident from Mossel Bay who reported a funny looking thing on the beach to the “Glen was quite an old seal. We could tell from the fact that his coat was very light and especially his head was very light. He had multiple scars form pervious battles. He was a bit on the thin side, but not so thing that we were concerned,” Janine Pereira CEO of S.M.A.R.T told Business Insider South Africa.

“We don’t know why he came ashore. They are known as ‘rare vagrants’ and quite a novelty when they do come. It was the first time our S.M.A.R.T. members were able to monitor a male elephant seal since we opened in 2015,” said Pereira. “For him it was perfect weather. We were standing there dressed up like Eskimos and he thought it was absolutely wonderful,” said Pereira., Glen was carefully watched over by a team of volunteers who refrained from posting about the sighting until he had left, in case the news encouraged visitors to contravene lockdown regulations to see him.

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