This is the incredible moment a pensioner swims just meters away from a dangerous ray with a sting that can kill a human. Avid diver Rene Vagnotti was snorkeling in the Red Sea off Hurghada, Egypt, on January 1 when he spotted a leopard ray in the crystal blue waters right in front of him. Awesome footage shows the 70-year-old propelling himself with flippers above a reef as the huge three-meter-long ray glided past just inches away from him.

Rene Vagnotti, 70, watches a poisonous leopard ray swim right by him. Screenshot/Newsflare