Two sailors came across an unprecedented sight while out on the waters of the Pacific Northwest: two sea lions with nautical ambitions seemed to have taken over an unmanned vessel. The resulting footage went viral.
On Dec. 17, 2019, ex-professional soccer player Joshua Phillips was on a boat on Puget Sound, near Evergreen State College off the coast of Washington, when he noticed two fellow “sailors” on a similar vessel. However, they weren’t the usual seafaring locals.