Florida Teen Claims A ‘Sea Monster’ Killed Four Of His Friends

In March of 1962 five Florida teens used a 7ft Air Force raft to skindive and explore the semi-submerged shipwreck of the USS Massachusetts, which sits on a sandbar about 2 miles from shore in the Gulf of Mexico. Only one boy returned. The survivor, Brian McCleary, was 16 at the time and his account of how four of his friends died that day is bizarre and disturbing.

On the trip that day were Brian McCleary and his friends, who were all from the town of Fort Walton Beach, Florida: Eric Ruyle...